Patent ID: 8305170

Claim:
An electromagnetic switching device, comprising: a housing including, a mounting side, a connecting side opposite the mounting side, the connecting side including, a first main connecting area for connecting first main conductors to first fixed main contacts arranged in an interior of the housing, and a second main connecting area for connecting second main conductors to second fixed main contacts arranged in the interior of the housing, the first and second main connecting areas opposing each other, and movable main contact bridges, arranged in the interior of the housing, each to respectively switch one main current path, each main current path including one of the first fixed main contacts, one of the second fixed main contacts and one of the main contact bridges, wherein first and second central areas are arranged between the first and second main connecting areas, the first and second central areas, each extending from the first to the second main connecting areas, are elevated with respect to the main connecting areas and, viewed from the first to the second main connecting area, are arranged side by side, the entire first central area is relatively more elevated above the main connecting areas than the entire second central area.