Patent ID: 8884727

Claim:
An electromagnetic relay comprising: a plurality of electromagnet blocks, each block including an electromagnet configured by winding a coil around an iron core via a spool, a yoke having a to-be-connected portion which is to be connected to a connection portion of one end of the iron core and a rising portion extending laterally from a magnetic pole portion of the iron core, a movable iron piece turnably supported by a distal end of the rising portion of the yoke and attracted to the magnetic pole portion of the iron core by magnetization of the electromagnet; and a contact switching mechanism including a movable contact piece attached to the movable iron piece and provided with a movable contact, and a fixed terminal attached to the spool to integrally combine the plurality of electromagnet blocks and provided with a fixed contact arranged to be brought into contact with and move away from the movable contact, wherein the movable contact piece includes a contact attaching portion to which the movable contact is attached and a horizontal fixed portion that is attached to the movable iron piece, wherein a first connection portion extends upward by a thickness of the movable iron piece and connects at one side of the horizontal fixed portion and a second connection portion, which is bent at a right angle along the movable iron piece and the yoke, connects to a second side of the horizontal fixed portion, wherein the horizontal fixed portion is brought into surface contact with the movable iron piece and wherein a width of a surface contact of the horizontal fixed portion is substantially equal to an entire width of the movable iron piece; wherein the width of the surface contact of the horizontal fixed portion is larger than a width of the contact attaching portion.