Patent ID: 7538646

Claim:
A relay, comprising: a magnetic system provided with an armature; a contact system provided with a first contact and a moveable second contact; an electrically insulating base plate arranged between the magnetic system and the contact system, the base plate having an opening therein; an actuator extending between the armature and the contact system through the opening, the actuator transferring movement of the armature to the second contact to move the second contact into electrical engagement with the first contact; and a first wall arranged between the opening and the contact system that extends a leakage path of an electrical leakage current between the contact system and the magnetic system; wherein the base plate comprises a second wall arranged between the opening and the contact system that extends the leakage path of the electrical leakage current between the contact system and the magnetic system, the second wall extends from the base plate and is arranged on the same side of the base plate as the first wall; wherein the second wall being spaced from and substantially surrounding the first wall.