Patent ID: 7876182

Claim:
A miniaturized relay comprising: a first condenser plate; a second condenser plate facing said first condenser plate, in which said second plate is smaller than or equal to said first plate; an intermediate space; a conductive element arranged in said intermediate space, said conductive element being a detached part for movement freely along the intermediate space between a first end of said intermediate space, defining a first zone, and a second end of said intermediate space, defining a second zone, said movement depending on voltages present in said first and second condenser plates, where said first condenser plate is arranged in said first zone and said second condenser plate is arranged in said second zone; a third condenser plate arranged in said second zone, in which said third condenser plate is smaller than or equal to said first condenser plate, and in which said second and third condenser plates are, together, larger than said first condenser plate; and a first contact point of an electric circuit, a second contact point of said electric circuit, in which said first and second contact points define first stops, wherein at least one of said first, second and third condenser plates induces a charge distribution in said conducting element that forces said conducting element to move along the intermediate space, wherein, when said element contacts said first stops said conductive element closes said electric circuit, and wherein a closing of the electric circuit is not affected by a voltage of the conductive element.