Patent ID: 7659800

Claim:
An electromagnetic relay, the electromagnetic relay for enabling current to pass through switch termini, the electromagnetic relay comprising: an electromagnetic coil assembly, the coil assembly comprising a coil, a C-shaped yoke assembly, and a coil axis, the coil being wound around the coil axis, the yoke assembly comprising first and second yoke arms, the yoke arms each comprising an axial yoke portion and a yoke terminus; an armature bridge assembly, the armature bridge assembly comprising a bridge axis of rotation, a bridge, and opposing actuator arms, the bridge comprising a medial field pathway, a zigzagged lateral field pathway, and longitudinally spaced transverse field pathways, the actuator arms extending from terminal portions of the lateral field pathway; and two switch assemblies, the switch assemblies each comprising switch terminals and a spring assembly, the spring assemblies being attached to the actuator arms and extending intermediate the switch terminals, the yoke termini being received intermediate the medial and lateral field pathways, the bridge axis of rotation being coplanar with the yoke termini, the actuator arms and zigzagged lateral field pathway extending non-radially relative to the bridge axis of rotation, the coil for receiving current and creating a magnetic field, the magnetic field being directable through the bridge assembly via the yoke termini for imparting bridge rotation about the bridge axis of rotation and displacing the actuator arms, the displaceable actuator arms for actuating the spring assemblies intermediate an open contact position and a closed contact position, the closed contact position for enabling current to pass through the switch assemblies via the switch termini.