Patent ID: 8531258

Claim:
An electromagnetic switch, comprising: an excitation coil which generates magnetomotive force when current is passed therethrough; a switch frame which accommodates the excitation coil and generates a flux path allowing magnetic flux generated by the magnetomotive force of the excitation coil to pass therethrough; a resin cover which is assembled into the switch frame to cover an opening on one end side of the switch frame; at least one current-supply terminal member which receives power via an electric supply line and energizes the excitation coil, the current-supply terminal member including: a blade-shaped terminal whose end on one side is directly or indirectly connected to the excitation coil and whose end on the other side is drawn out of the resin cover through the resin cover in the axial direction of the electromagnetic switch; and a plate-shaped external connection terminal whose end on one side is electrically and mechanically joined to an end on the other side of the blade-shaped terminal and whose end on the other side is drawn out and extended in the direction intersecting the axial direction of the electromagnetic switch, a portion between the ends of the external connection terminal being insert-molded in a terminal anchor block which is integrally provided with the resin cover; and a female terminal of a power supply connector provided at an end of the electric supply line is fitted to and electrically connected to the end on the other side of the external connection terminal.