IP Library Granted Patent US 11,031,203
Granted Patent B2
US 11,031,203 · App. 16/468,407 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Contact point device and electromagnetic relay

Inventors: Masanao Sugisawa (Anjo, JP); Makoto Motono (Nisshin, JP)
Assignees: DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKIKAISHA
H01H50/54
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Patent No.
US 11,031,203
App. No.
16/468,407
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A contact point device includes a first contactor, an oscillation supporting portion, and a second contactor. The first contactor has an outer side surface shaped in a column that surrounds a central axis. The oscillation supporting portion supports the first contactor to allow the central axis to oscillate. The second contactor is disposed opposite to the first contactor. One of the first contactor and the second contactor includes a plurality of first contact portions provided to surround the central axis on a plane perpendicular to the central axis, and the other includes a second contact portion provided to protrude toward a space surrounded by the plurality of the first contact portions. The second contact portion has a contact surface which is a curved surface exposed toward the space to surround the central axis.

Claims (45)

1. A contact point device configured to switch an electric current to flow or not by relative movement between a movable portion and a fixed portion, the contact point device comprising:

a first contactor provided on one of the movable portion and the fixed portion as a conductive contact member having an outer side surface shaped in a column that surrounds a central axis along a relative movement direction of the movable portion and the fixed portion;

an oscillation supporting portion that supports the first contactor at the one of the movable portion and the fixed portion to allow the central axis to oscillate; and

a second contactor provided on the other of the movable portion and the fixed portion as a conductive contact member disposed opposite to the first contactor in the relative movement direction so as to be electrically connected to the first contactor by abutting against the first contactor, wherein

one of the first contactor and the second contactor includes a plurality of first contact portions provided to surround the central axis on a plane perpendicular to the central axis,

the other of the first contactor and the second contactor includes a second contact portion provided to protrude in the relative movement direction toward a space surrounded by the plurality of the first contact portions, and

the second contact portion has a contact surface which is a curved surface exposed toward the space to surround the central axis.

2. The contact point device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first contact portions comprises: three of first contact portions equally spaced from each other on a circumference surrounding the central axis.

3. The contact point device according to claim 1 , wherein the oscillation supporting portion includes an elastic member in close contact with the outer side surface of the first contactor.

4. The contact point device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first contactor is attached to the fixed portion through the oscillation supporting portion, and

the second contactor is provided on the movable portion.

5. The contact point device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first contact portions are provided on the second contactor, and

the second contact portion is provided at a tip end portion of the first contactor.

6. The contact point device according to claim 5 , wherein

the second contactor has a plate shape, and

the first contact portion has a protruding shape protruding from the second contactor toward the first contactor.

7. The contact point device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first contact portions are provided at a tip end portion of the first contactor, and

the second contact portion is provided on the second contactor.

8. An electromagnetic relay configured to switch an electric current to flow or not by a movement of a movable portion relative to a fixed portion in a coil axis direction based on an energization state of a coil, the electromagnetic relay comprising:

a first contactor provided on one of the movable portion and the fixed portion as a conductive contact member having an outer side surface shaped in a column that surrounds a central axis along the coil axis direction;

an oscillation supporting portion that supports the first contactor at the one of the movable portion and the fixed portion to allow the central axis to oscillate; and

a second contactor provided on the other of the movable portion and the fixed portion as a conductive contact member disposed opposite to the first contactor in the coil axis direction so as to be electrically connected to the first contactor by abutting against the first contactor, wherein

one of the first contactor and the second contactor includes a plurality of first contact portions provided to surround the central axis on a plane perpendicular to the central axis,

the other of the first contactor and the second contactor includes a second contact portion provided to protrude in the coil axis direction toward a space surrounded by the plurality of the first contact portions, and

the second contact portion has a contact surface which is a curved surface exposed toward the space to surround the central axis.

9. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of first contact portions comprises: three of first contact portions equally spaced from each other on a circumference surrounding the central axis.

10. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 8 , wherein the oscillation supporting portion includes an elastic member in close contact with the outer side surface of the first contactor.

11. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 8 , wherein

the first contactor is attached to the fixed portion through the oscillation supporting portion, and

the second contactor is provided on the movable portion.

12. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 8 , wherein

the plurality of first contact portions are provided on the second contactor, and

the second contact portion is provided at a tip end portion of the first contactor.

13. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 12 , wherein

the second contactor has a plate shape, and

the first contact portion has a protruding shape protruding from the second contactor toward the first contactor.

14. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 8 , wherein

the plurality of first contact portions are provided at a tip end portion of the first contactor, and

the second contact portion is provided on the second contactor.

15. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 8 , wherein

the first contactor is one of a pair of first contactors arranged in a width direction perpendicular to the coil axis direction to be electrically insulated from each other in a state of being separated from the second contactor, and

the second contactor is located over the pair of first contactors in the width direction to electrically connect the pair of first contactors with each other by making contact with the pair of first contactors.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 11, 2020
From: ANDEN CO., LTD.
To: DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054701/0770 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE FOR INVENTOR MAKOTO MOTONO PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 049430 FRAME 0634. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Dec 4, 2020
From: SUGISAWA, MASANAO; MOTONO, MAKOTO
To: ANDEN CO., LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054587/0376 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2019
From: SUGISAWA, MASANAO; MOTONO, MAKOTO
To: ANDEN CO., LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 049430/0634 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-006932 · Jan 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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