Relay and process for producing a relay
View Patent ↗A relay and a process for producing a relay are described, three contact pins being provided for the relay. The three contact pins are preferably manufactured from a stamping and are fixed together as a contact stamping with respect to a yoke through insertion into a base. As a result of the use of a contact stamping with the three contact pins connected rigidly to one another, adjustment and handling of the three contact pins during production of the relay is relatively simple.
1. A relay having a magnetic coil, a yoke, and an armature, the relay comprising:
a movable contact which is supported on the armature;
first and second contact pins for passing a load current to be switched by the movable contact;
two contacts provided on the magnetic coil, a first one of the coil contacts being connected to the first or the second contact pin; and
a third contact pin, which is connected to a second one of the magnetic coil contacts;
wherein the three contact pins are arranged in a common plane;
wherein the yoke is U-shaped having two legs arranged in a plane parallel to the common plane of the contact pins; and
wherein the third contact pin is arranged between the first and second contact pins.
2. The relay of claim 1 wherein the three contact pins are manufactured from the same material with the same thickness and the first and second contact pins have a greater width than the third contact pin.
3. The relay of claim 2 further comprising a base supporting the first, second and third contact pins and the two yoke legs.
4. The relay of claim 3 wherein the base is formed as an injection molded part.
5. The relay of claim 3 wherein the base has a base plate which seals the relay at the bottom.
6. The relay of claim 5 wherein the movable contact is arranged above and substantially in parallel with the base plate and is held at one of its ends on one of the contact pins.