Patent ID: 7956710

Claim:
An electromagnetic relay structured such that a base includes a movable contact piece and a fixed contact piece, and a movable contact point included in the movable contact piece is connected to and disconnected from a fixed contact point included in the fixed contact piece by operating the movable contact piece via a card, wherein at least any one of the base and the card includes a guide portion for guiding the card in a freely reciprocating manner with respect to the base, and the card includes: a guide shaft portion; and a pressing portion for pressing the movable contact piece to elastically deform the movable contact piece, the movable contact piece including a extended portion in a side portion of the movable contact point, the extended portion including: a guide hole into which the guide shaft portion is inserted, the guide hole maintaining a non-contact state of the guide shaft portion during the reciprocating motion; a pressure receiving portion positioned only at an opposite side to the movable contact point with respect to the guide hole and pressed by the pressing portion; and a reinforcing portion for preventing plastic deformation at a time of being pressed by the pressing portion.