Patent ID: 7911301

Claim:
An electromagnetic relay comprising: a solenoid formed from a wound coil; a movable iron core that is reciprocated upwardly and downwardly in an axial hole of the solenoid; and a movable contact point that reciprocates together with the movable iron core, wherein the movable contact point is contacted and separated with and from a fixed contact point for opening and closing a contact point, wherein an arc generated at a time of opening and closing of the contact point is flowed, in a predetermined direction, by the magnetic field of at least a single permanent magnet placed at a side of the fixed contact point and the movable contact point that are contacted and separated with and from each other, wherein coil terminals are connected to leader lines of the coil, at least at a single side of the flow of the arc, and wherein a yoke made of a magnetic member having a cylindrical shape with a bottom and comprising at least a single side opening portion formed by cutting off a side wall, wherein the solenoid is housed in the yoke, and the coil terminals are placed within the range of the side opening portion.