IP Library Granted Patent US 12,100,568
Granted Patent B2
US 12,100,568 · App. 17/952,310 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Electromagnetic relay

Inventors: Kei Takahashi (Kyoto, JP); Tomohiro Yamakita (Kyoto, JP); Yuichiro Teshima (Kyoto, JP); Koichiro Matsushima (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
H01H50/12H01H50/02H01H50/14H01H50/18H01H50/54
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Patent No.
US 12,100,568
App. No.
17/952,310
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic relay includes a housing, a first fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, and a drive device. The first fixed terminal includes a first main member and a first layer member. The first main member protrudes from inside the housing to outside the housing. The first layer member is provided separately from the first main member. The first layer member is laminated on the first main member. The first layer member protrudes from inside the housing to outside the housing. The first layer member has a shape branched from the first main member. The movable contact piece is disposed in the housing and faces the first fixed terminal. The drive device moves the movable contact piece in a contact direction and an opening direction.

Claims (50)

1. An electromagnetic relay, comprising:

a housing;

a first fixed terminal including

a first main member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, and

a first layer member provided separately from the first main member, the first layer member being laminated on the first main member, the first layer member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, the first layer member having a shape branched from the first main member;

a movable contact piece facing the first fixed terminal, the movable contact piece being disposed in the housing; and

a drive device configured to move the movable contact piece in a contact direction and an opening direction, the contact direction being a direction in which the movable contact piece contacts the first fixed terminal, the opening direction being a direction in which the movable contact piece separates from the first fixed terminal;

wherein the first layer member includes a connecting portion disposed on the first main member in the housing and a terminal portion at least partially disposed outside the housing and spaced apart from the first main member.

2. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer member further includes a step portion disposed between the connecting portion and the terminal portion, and

the first layer member is bent between the connecting portion and the step portion and between the step portion and the terminal portion.

3. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 ,

wherein the housing includes a base that supports the first fixed terminal,

the first fixed terminal protrudes from a bottom surface of the base to outside the housing,

a lower end of the first main member is located below the bottom surface of the base, and

a lower end of the first layer member is located below the bottom surface of the base.

4. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 , wherein

the first main member and the first layer member have a plate-like shape, and

a plate thickness of the first layer member is different from a plate thickness of the first main member.

5. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second fixed terminal including

a second main member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, and

a second layer member provided separately from the second main member, the second layer member being laminated on the second main member, the second layer member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, the second layer member having a shape branched from the second main member.

6. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 5 , wherein the first layer member and the second layer member are disposed on a same side with respect to the first main member and the second main member.

7. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 5 , wherein the first layer member and the second layer member are disposed on opposite sides to each other with respect to the first main member and the second main member.

8. An electromagnetic relay, comprising:

a housing;

a first fixed terminal including

a first main member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, and

a first layer member provided separately from the first main member, the first layer member being laminated on the first main member, the first layer member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, the first layer member having a shape branched from the first main member;

a movable contact piece facing the first fixed terminal, the movable contact piece being disposed in the housing; and

a drive device configured to move the movable contact piece in a contact direction and an opening direction, the contact direction being a direction in which the movable contact piece contacts the first fixed terminal, the opening direction being a direction in which the movable contact piece separates from the first fixed terminal;

wherein the housing includes a base that supports the first fixed terminal,

the first fixed terminal protrudes from a bottom surface of the base to outside the housing,

a lower end of the first main member is located below the bottom surface of the base,

a lower end of the first layer member is located below the bottom surface of the base,

the base includes a leg portion protruding downward from the bottom surface,

the lower end of the first main member is located below a lower end of the leg portion, and

the lower end of the first layer member is located below the lower end of the leg portion.

9. An electromagnetic relay, comprising:

a housing;

a first fixed terminal including

a first main member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, and

a first layer member provided separately from the first main member, the first layer member being laminated on the first main member, the first layer member protruding from inside the housing to outside the housing, the first layer member having a shape branched from the first main member;

a movable contact piece facing the first fixed terminal, the movable contact piece being disposed in the housing; and

a drive device configured to move the movable contact piece in a contact direction and an opening direction, the contact direction being a direction in which the movable contact piece contacts the first fixed terminal, the opening direction being a direction in which the movable contact piece separates from the first fixed terminal;

wherein the first fixed terminal further includes a third layer member, and

the third layer member is provided separately from the first main member and the first layer member, protrudes from inside the housing to outside the housing, and has a shape branched from the first main member.

10. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 9 , wherein the third layer member is laminated on the first layer member.

11. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 9 , wherein the third layer member is laminated on the first main member on a side opposite to the first layer member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: TAKAHASHI, KEI; YAMAKITA, TOMOHIRO; TESHIMA, YUICHIRO; MATSUSHIMA, KOICHIRO
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061206/0568 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-170860 · Oct 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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