Patent ID: 8432241

Claim:
Contact arrangement for a relay for switching high load currents, comprising: at least one connection region; at least one switching contact which can be moved relative to the connection region in a switching direction; a flexible cord which has a bent shape and which connects the at least one connection region to the at least one switching contact so as to conduct load current; an armature; and an armature spring which forms an angle and which has at least one abutment member and at least one switch member, the at least one switch member being secured to the armature and the armature being connected to the at least one switching contact so as to transmit movement; wherein the cord is retained in an inherently stable manner because it is formed as a self-supporting structure, and wherein an uninterrupted tool channel extends at both sides of the connection region substantially perpendicularly relative to a connection face of the connection region and comprises a recess formed by the overtravel spring.