Patent ID: 8353710

Claim:
A low-voltage contactor comprising: an actuating unit, a stationary contact, and a contact carrier operated by the actuating unit and including a movable contact, a spring having a first end and a second end and acting on the movable contact to produce a force that reduces the resistance between the stationary and movable contacts and a connecting means for connecting to the contact carrier to the actuating unit, wherein the contact carrier comprises, a framework part including the connecting means, a holder part including a holding member adapted to receive and hold the movable contact and the spring, the holder part and the framework part are arranged to be detachably connected to each other such that said holder part is slid into said framework part in a direction perpendicular to the force of the spring acting between said framework part and said holder part and, the holder part and the framework part are designed so that the first end of the spring is acting on the movable contact held by the holder part and the second end is acting on the framework part when the framework part and the holder part are connected to each other, wherein the framework part includes a framework spring positioner retaining the second end of the spring so that the spring is in a stable position with respect to the framework part and the movable contact is received by the holding member, and wherein the contact carrier includes a carrier spring positioner retaining the first end of the spring so that the spring is in a stable position with respect to the movable contact so as to prevent the holder part gliding from the framework part.