IP Library Granted Patent US 8,138,872
Granted Patent B2
US 8,138,872 · App. 12/490,010 · Granted Mar 20, 2012

Contact device

Assignee: OMRON Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,138,872
App. No.
12/490,010
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A contact device has a first yoke having a substantially U-shape, a second yoke bridged over both ends of the first yoke, a spool wound with a coil disposed between the first yoke and the second yoke, a movable iron core inserted into a center hole of the spool in a reciprocating mariner, and a contact mechanism unit formed above the second yoke driven with a drive shaft having a lower end fixed to the movable iron core, which reciprocates based on excitation and demagnetization of the coil, and an upper end projecting out from an upper surface of the second yoke. An insertion hole communicating to the center hole of the spool and through which the movable iron core reciprocates is formed in the first yoke. An annular auxiliary yoke including an insertion hole communicating to the insertion hole of the first yoke and through which the movable iron core reciprocates is provided at a lower surface of the first yoke.

Claims (10)

1. A contact device comprising:

a first yoke having a substantially U-shape;

a second yoke bridged over both ends of the first yoke;

a spool wound with a coil disposed between the first yoke and the second yoke;

a movable iron core is inserted into a center hole of the spool in a reciprocating manner; and

a contact mechanism unit formed above the second yoke driven with a drive shaft having a lower end fixed to the movable iron core, which reciprocates based on excitation and demagnetization of the coil, and an upper end projecting out from an upper surface of the second yoke; wherein

an insertion hole communicating to the center hole of the spool and through which the movable iron core reciprocates is formed in the first yoke, and

an entirety of an annular auxiliary yoke including an insertion hole communicating to the insertion hole of the first yoke and through which the movable iron core reciprocates is provided at a lower surface of a base of the first yoke.

2. The contact device according to claim 1 , wherein the movable iron core is accommodated, in a reciprocating manner, in a bottomed tubular body inserted to the center hole of the spool, and the insertion hole of the annular auxiliary yoke is fitted to a lower end of the bottomed tubular body projecting out from the lower surface of the first yoke.

3. The contact device according to claim 2 , wherein the annular auxiliary yoke fitted to the lower end of the bottomed tubular body is prevented from coming out with an O-ring.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2009
From: YOSHIHARA, IKUHIRO; HIROKI, KAZUCHIKA
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022865/0281 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-170511 · Jun 30, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090322455A1 · Dec 31, 2009