Abstract: A PCB relay comprising a housing having a bottom side, a top side and a circumferential wall and terminal pins protruding from the bottom side for being contacted to a printed circuit board. For conducting heavy load currents from the relay contacts and away from the printed circuit board in a quick manner and via a short pathway, at least two conducting strips are fastened to the circumferential wall of the housing, extending from the bottom side to the top side. The strips form soldering pins at the bottom end thereof and quick-connect plugs or terminals at the top end thereof. An electrically conducting connection between the strips and the terminal pins of the relay may be formed on the PCB or, alternatively, the elements may be directly connected to one another.

Abstract: A relay features two base-structured components (1 & 2) in the shape of half of a bowl having a winding (3) mounted on it. Two pole plates (6 & 7) are embedded in a common plane in one (2) of the base-structural components. The ends of the pole plates extend into a contact space (4 & 5). Paralleling the pole plates inside the contact space is a bridge armature (8) that is secured to a frame-shaped spring (9) in a plane coextensive with the separation between the two jointed base-structural components. The connection elements extend out of the sides of the base structure in the spool flanges and are bent down.

Abstract: The response and extinction voltage of a relay are adjusted by displacing an armature, on the one hand, and pole plates, on the other hand, parallel to each other. The extent of each opposing pole face is varied without varying the air-gap distance. This method of calibration is of particular advantage in relation to a reed relay with a bridge contact.

Abstract: A miniature relay (1) capable of switching high currents combines the armature spring function with that of at least one (72, 73) movable contact. One end (71) of the spring is attached to the core (3) while the other end (75) is movable and attached to the armature (75) in the vicinity of the working air gap (36). Variously shaped springs are utilized to support the movable contact and mechanically bias the armature to maintain the working air gap.