Patent ID: 8324992

Claim:
An electromagnetic contactor comprising: a fixed core into which a bobbin of an electromagnetic coil is inserted and fitted; a movable core which is arranged to face the fixed core so as to be attached to or detached from the fixed core; a movable insulating base which supports a movable contact through a contact spring for securing a contact pressure with a fixed contact; a retracting spring which is arranged to detach the movable core from the fixed core; a fixed insulating base which accommodates the respective members to support the fixed contact; and a supporting mechanism which holds the fixed core between the fixed insulating base and the coil bobbin through a buffer spring, wherein the supporting mechanism is inserted into a through-hole formed in the thickness direction of the fixed core, and is configured in such a manner that the buffer spring is arranged between both ends of a supporting member that is arranged so as to protrude from the through-hole and a lower surface of the coil bobbin, an elastic member is provided between the fixed insulating base and a lower surface of the fixed core, and a void is provided at a contact surface between the lower surface of the coil bobbin and the fixed core, and the load of the buffer spring is set smaller than the combined load of the retracting spring and the contact spring in order to move the fixed core towards the movable core by a distance corresponding to the void when being actuated by the electromagnetic coil.