Patent ID: 7598831

Claim:
A relay, having a contact bridge, wherein the contact bridge ( 10 ) is self-resilient and is embodied in curved form for a reversible change in shape, occurring as a result of contact pressure, wherein the contact bridge ( 10 ) has a contact compression spring ( 31 ) and a contact plate ( 38 ) that is acted upon by the contact compression spring ( 31 ), and wherein the contact compression spring ( 31 ) and the contact plate ( 38 ) are embodied as adapted in shape to one another, wherein counterpart contacts ( 21 , 22 ) are provided and arranged so that in a closed condition of the relay, the contact plate ( 38 ) directly contacts the counterpart contacts ( 21 , 22 ), wherein the contact plate ( 38 ) has a contact plate opening ( 39 ) and the contact compression spring ( 31 ) has a contact compression spring opening ( 32 ), wherein the relay further has a switching pin ( 12 ), wherein the contact plate ( 38 ) and the contact compression spring ( 31 ) are jointly held on the switching pin ( 12 ) by the contact plate opening ( 39 ) and by the contact compression spring opening ( 32 ) correspondingly, wherein the contact compression spring ( 31 ) and the contact plate ( 38 ) lie over one another directly around the switching pin, when the contact plate ( 38 ) is spaced from the counterpart contact ( 21 , 22 ).