Patent ID: 7859373

Claim:
A contact device comprising: a fixed terminal with a fixed contact; a movable armature with a movable contact which contacts to or separates from said fixed contact; a movable shaft connected to said movable armature at its one end; a movable core secured to an opposite end of said movable shaft; an electromagnetic mechanism for driving said movable core in response to an excitation current so as to bring said movable contact into contact with said fixed contact; wherein said contact device further comprises: a movable core receiver slid onto said movable shaft so that it faces a surface of said movable core which faces the movable armature to receive said movable core driven by said electromagnetic mechanism, an impact absorber made of elastic material disposed on a surface on the movable armature side of said movable core receiver to absorb an impact generated when said movable core hit said movable core receiver, and a movement restriction member disposed on a surface on the movable armature side of said impact absorber to restrict a movement of said impact absorber, wherein the impact absorber is disposed between the movable core receiver and the movement restriction member.