IP Library Granted Patent US 9,401,256
Granted Patent B2
US 9,401,256 · App. 14/391,295 · Granted Jul 26, 2016

Electromagnetic relay

Inventors: Koji Fujimoto (Kumamoto, JP); Akifumi Fujino (Kumamoto, JP); Bin Wang (Shanghai, CN); Kaori Hirano (Kumamoto, JP); Ayumi Noguchi (Kumamoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
H01H50/643H01H50/36H01H50/24
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Patent No.
US 9,401,256
App. No.
14/391,295
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic relay has an iron core having legs at both ends and a coil wound therearound to form an electromagnet, a movable iron piece that pivotally supports a pivoting shaft along one leg of the iron core and causes a tip of a pivoting arm extended from a side edge of the pivoting shaft toward the other leg of the iron core to face the other leg of the iron core in a contactable and separable manner, and a card whose side facing the movable iron piece is in contact with the pivoting arm of the movable iron piece. The movable iron piece that pivots based on the excitation and degaussing of the electromagnet presses the card to drive a contact mechanism.

Claims (13)

1. An electromagnetic relay, comprising:

an iron core having legs at both ends and a coil wound therearound to form an electromagnet;

a movable iron piece that pivotally supports a pivoting shaft along one leg of the iron core and causes a tip of a pivoting arm extended from a side edge of the pivoting shaft toward the other leg of the iron core to face the other leg of the iron core in a contactable and separable manner; and

a card whose side facing the movable iron piece is in contact with the pivoting arm of the movable iron piece,

wherein the movable iron piece that pivots based on the excitation and degaussing of the electromagnet presses the card to drive a contact mechanism, and

wherein at least one facing plane out of the facing planes of the one leg of the iron core and the pivoting shaft of the movable iron piece comprises a magnetic flux density reduction mechanism.

2. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic flux density reduction mechanism is a groove.

3. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 2 , wherein the tip of the pivoting arm is L-shaped so as to be along the other leg of the iron core.

4. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic flux density reduction mechanism is a protrusion.

5. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 4 , wherein the tip of the pivoting arm is L-shaped so as to be along the other leg of the iron core.

6. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic flux density reduction mechanism is a nonmagnetic body.

7. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 6 , wherein the tip of the pivoting arm is L-shaped so as to be along the other leg of the iron core.

8. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 , wherein the tip of the pivoting arm is L-shaped so as to be along the other leg of the iron core.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2014
From: FUJIMOTO, KOJI; FUJINO, AKIFUMI; WANG, BIN; HIRANO, KAORI; NOGUCHI, AYUMI
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033924/0282 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-088551 · Apr 9, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150116061A1 · Apr 30, 2015