Patent ID: 8324996

Claim:
A PCB-embedded relay, comprising: at least one pair of coils, one coil of the pair of coils being disposed above the PCB, the other coil of the pair of coils disposed below the PCB; at least one pair of ferromagnetic cores, each ferromagnetic core being disposed between the center of each coil of the pair of coils; a spacer, disposed between the at least one pair of coils and having a bore defined therein, the bore extending between the pair of ferromagnetic cores; a permanent magnet disposed within the bore and movable from a first location proximate one of the ferromagnetic cores and a second location proximate the other of the ferromagnetic cores; a first set of contacts disposed between the magnet and one ferromagnetic core of the pair ferromagnetic cores; and a second set of contacts disposed between the magnet and the other ferromagnetic core of the pair of ferromagnetic cores.