Patent ID: 7570138

Claim:
An electromagnetic switch for a starter, the electromagnetic switch comprising: a plunger rod driven by an electro-motive force; an excitation coil generating the electro-motive force in response to an electric current to be supplied; a cantilever-type terminal having a fixed end and a free end and formed from a flat conductor defining a longitudinal direction and a thickness direction of the terminal, the terminal receives the electric current, and supplies the received electric current to the excitation coil, the terminal including a vibration absorber which is configured to absorb a vibration imposed on the free end of the terminal, the vibration absorber is a bent portion of the terminal located between the free end and the fixed end of the terminal; a bobbin wound by the coil, wherein the bent portion has a crank shape when viewed along the thickness direction and has two bends consisting of a first bend and a second bend which are positioned at mutual different positions, and the terminal has a base portion which extends from a first position where the terminal is fixed to the bobbin to a second position where the terminal first encounters the first bend, wherein the bends are obliquely bent relative to the longitudinal direction; a molded cover which encloses one end of the plunger rod and has a wall; a through-hole formed in the wall; and a first flexible member attached to the terminal within the through-hole.