Patent ID: 8305166

Claim:
An electromagnetic relay comprising: an electromagnetic block having a coil and a movable contact spring swung by current flowing in the coil; two fixed contact terminals each provided with a fixed contact; a backstop having two movable contact abutment portions; and a base block for retaining the electromagnetic block, fixed contact terminals, and backstop, wherein the movable contact spring has two movable contacts at its leading end portions extending from its base portion fixed to the base block, wherein the fixed contacts of the two fixed contact terminals are provided at one side of the swinging direction of the two movable contacts so as to abut with the two movable contacts respectively, and two movable contact abutment portions of the backstop are provided at the other side of the swinging direction of the two movable contacts so as to abut with the two movable contacts respectively, wherein the fixed contact terminals are retained by fixed contact terminal retaining portions which are provided outside a projection obtained by perpendicularly projecting the movable contact spring on the surface of the base block so as to sandwich the part of the movable contact spring that extends from the base portion thereof toward a contact point, wherein the backstop is retained by a backstop retaining portion which is provided at the portion outside the projection and opposite to the base portion of the movable contact spring, and wherein the base block has a base portion having substantially a rectangular surface, fixed contact terminal retaining portions extending vertically from two opposing sides of the rectangle so as to retain the two fixed contact terminals, and the backstop retaining portion extending vertically from the center portion of one of the remaining two opposing sides of the rectangle.