Patent ID: 8564388

Claim:
A relay, comprising: a first contact point including a first fixed contact piece and a first movable contact piece; a second contact point including a second fixed contact piece and a second movable contact piece; an electromagnet; a power transmission mechanism operated by the electromagnet configured to cause the first and second movable contact pieces to move; and a spring configured to bias the power transmission mechanism such that the power transmission mechanism is movable oppositely to a direction in which the electromagnet causes the power transmission mechanism to move, wherein the power transmission mechanism includes: a first press portion driven by the electromagnet configured to come in contact with and to cause the first movable contact piece to move, and a second press portion, which is formed by a different member from the first press portion and driven by the electromagnet, configured to come in contact with and to cause the second movable contact piece to move, and wherein an interval between a portion of the second press portion which comes in contact with the second movable contact piece and the second fixed contact piece is set larger than an interval between a portion of the first press portion which comes in contact with first movable contact piece and the first fixed contact piece, the first contact point closes first and the second contact point closes second, for a case where the first and second press portions operated by the electromagnet cause the first and second contact points to close, respectively, and the second contact point opens first and the first contact point opens second, for a case where the first and second press portions operated by the spring cause the first and second contact points to open, respectively, such that an amount of electric load is applied more to the second contact point than to the first contact point.