Patent ID: 8847713

Claim:
A starter-use electromagnetic switch including an electrical contact interposed in a power supply line for supplying power from a battery to a motor of a starter, the main contact being turned on and off in interlock with energization and deenergization of an electromagnet implemented by an excitation coil of the starter-use electromagnetic switch, comprising: a connection fitting electrically connected to the excitation coil at one end thereof, and drawn outside through a resin cover of the starter-use electromagnetic switch at the other end thereof; and a terminal fitting electrically and mechanically connected to the other end of the connection fitting at one end thereof, the other end of the terminal fitting being branched into first and second terminal pieces, the first terminal piece serving as an excitation terminal supplied with power from the battery through the power supply line, the second terminal piece being used as a connection terminal connected to an excitation terminal of an external electromagnetic switch through a cable.