Contact Structure Of Composition Patents (Class 335/83)
  • Patent number: 6225880
    Abstract: The inventive relay has a base body in the form of a coil body (1), the base body supporting a core (16), a yoke (20), an armature (22) and a contact spring (23) which is connected to the armature. Fixed contact supports (34) and a contact spring connection pin (5) which consist of semi-finished wire with a preferably rectangular or square cross-section are embedded in a flange (12) of the coil body (1). The inventive electromagnetic relay is therefore very simple to produce. There is no wasted material, no punching tools are needed for the contact connection parts and since no particles of plastic are abraded by insertion, there is no risk of this impairing the quality of the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corp
    Inventor: Josef Kern
  • Patent number: 6211756
    Abstract: An electromechanical relay (10) that includes a frame (52) and a header assembly (20) having a plurality of contacts (24, 26, 28). The relay (10) also includes a core assembly (62) having an end engaging the frame (52). The relay (10) further includes an armature assembly (64) pivotally connected to the core assembly (62). The armature assembly (64) has at least one actuator (76, 77) engaging one of the contacts (24, 26). The relay (10) also includes a shield (16) connected to the header assembly (20) and defining a cavity (84) in which the contacts (24, 26, 28) are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Teledydne Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Sun, Given Chun, Ricardo E. Vallero
  • Patent number: 6181790
    Abstract: A contact spring assembly for an electromagnetic relay has an armature, a plurality of movable contact springs, and a plurality of transfer contact spring sets and a plurality of make contact spring sets. The armature is centrally placed in the contact spring assembly. Each of the movable contact springs is formed integrally with a corresponding hinge spring, and the movable contact springs are disposed on both sides of the armature in such a manner as to extend in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the armature. The transfer contact spring sets and make contact spring sets are constructed from the movable contact springs. This construction allows the contact spring assembly to be assembled on an electromagnetic relay simply and with high accuracy, and permits reductions in the size and power consumption of the electromagnetic relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Takamisawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Saso, Ryuji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6118359
    Abstract: A polarized magnetic relay has a base body, an armature, an envelope that encompasses insulating material, a coil, a core and a bar-shaped permanent magnet. The base plane is defined by the bottom side of a base body. The armature is arranged between two contact springs that lie parallel to each other in a common plane. Two transverse terminal webs, which have their sheet metal plane extending parallel to the base plane, extend out of the envelope in the area of the rotational axis of the armature and these terminal webs are respectively connected with a fastening tab that has its sheet metal plane extending perpendicular to the base plane. The contact springs exhibit two spring arms and a connecting web, respectively, which has its sheet metal plane extending perpendicular to the base plane. The spring arms exhibit a contact making part and a part that is embedded in the envelope. The part that is embedded in the envelope emerges into the connecting web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Electromechanical Components & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Dittmann, Jens Heinrich, Heinz Stadler
  • Patent number: 6111487
    Abstract: The relay has, one after the other on an elongate, narrow base body, a magnetic system and a contact arrangement having at least one fixed contact carrier and at least one movable contact spring. The contact carriers are in this case each embedded by a middle section into the plastic of a base body in such a way that their connecting lugs lie in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the relay, while their contact-making end sections, which emerge on the upper side of the base body, lie in planes which are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the plane of the connecting lugs. This enables dimensionally accurate embedding of the contact carriers with good insulation with respect to the magnetic system and with easy processing from a sheet-metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventors: Ralf Hoffmann, Angelo Polese
  • Patent number: 6084488
    Abstract: A compact high current relay is provided having first and second fixed contacts connected in circuit relationship with the apparatus to be controlled; an elongated bus bar having first and second movable contacts at opposite ends of the bus bar, the bus bar characterized by a stiffness such that upon application of a first predetermined force to the bus bar, between the contacts, the movable contacts both tilt and wipe with respect to the first and second fixed contacts; and a solenoid connected to the bus bar between the first and second contacts for exerting a force on the bus bar greater than the predetermined force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce F. Macbeth, James K. Findley, Michael R. Bryndzia
  • Patent number: 6081176
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay has a magnet system, a base, a movable contact element, stationary contact elements and contact terminal elements. The base is formed by a printed circuit board arrangement. A first printed circuit board of the printed circuit board arrangement thereby faces toward the magnet system, and a second printed circuit board of the printed circuit board arrangement forms a bottom side of the relay. Each of the two printed circuit boards has interconnects. The movable contact element is actuated by an armature and is arranged between the two printed circuit boards. An actuation element that transmits the movement of the armature onto the movable contact element has a pin-shaped end section projecting through a recess in the first printed circuit board. The contact terminal elements are pin-shaped and project through congruent recesses in the two printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Electromechanical Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Dittmann, Jens Heinrich, Rainer Vogel, Titus Ziegler
  • Patent number: 6057749
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay and method of fabrication, in accordance with the present invention, include a base defining a bottom plane, a motor assembly mounted on the base, the motor assembly including a bobbin, a core with at least one winding about the core and an electrical component for electrically coupling to the at least one winding, the electrical component having leads configured to relieve stress in the at least one winding at coupling portions to the at least one winding. An armature is supported to be movable about a predetermined point for movement between two contact operating positions. At least one contact assembly for selectively providing one of an open and closed circuit is included. At least one terminal member is mounted on the base having a distal end for electrically connecting an end of the winding with a source of energy, and a proximal end is formed by at least one depending leg to define a slot for receiving at least one lead of the electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Electromechanical Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Doneghue
  • Patent number: 6034583
    Abstract: A polarized electromagnetic relay has a base body, an armature, an envelope that comprises insulating material, a coil, a core and a bar-shaped magnet. The base plane is defined by a bottom side of the base body. The armature is arranged between two contact springs that lie parallel to each other in a common plane. Two transverse terminal webs, which have their sheet metal plane extending perpendicular to the base plane, extend out of the envelope in the area of the rotational axis of the armature. The terminal webs are respectively connected with fastening tabs that have a sheet metal plane extending perpendicular to the base plane. The contact springs exhibit two spring arms and a connecting web, respectively, which has its sheet metal plane extending perpendicular to the base plane. The spring arms exhibit a contact making part and a part that is embedded in the envelope, respectively. The part that is embedded in the envelope merges into the connecting web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Electromechanical Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Dittmann
  • Patent number: 5994986
    Abstract: A high frequency relay for switching a high frequency signal includes stationary contacts and terminals formed on a substrate in a planar configuration. An upper and a lower ground layer are respectively formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate in the vicinity of the stationary contacts and terminals. A movable contact spring is so configured as to be connected to ground via the ground layers when it opens the contacts. With this configuration, the relay is capable of reducing the leakage of signals and thereby enhancing isolation characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Masaji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5986529
    Abstract: An inexpensive electromagnetic relay with a simple configuration is provided which does not require a sliding core to attain the desired operating characteristics. The electromagnetic relay includes a movable component which is supported on an upper end of a coil block in a way that the movable component can freely rotate. The movable component further comprises a movable contact element and a movable iron member. The movable contact element and the movable iron member are isolated from each other by a retainer. The movable contact element, movable iron member and retainer all form a single piece. The retainer further comprises a first retainer portion for retaining the movable contact element, and a second retainer portion for retaining the movable iron member. The first and second retainer portions are also formed into a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Miyata, Masanori Nakamura, Hironori Sanada, Masahiro Kuwahara, Masahiko Tashiro
  • Patent number: 5969586
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic relay in which a contact mechanism 50 provided on a base 10 is driven by a card 60 which slides and moves in parallel to the axis of an electromagnet block 20 provided in the base 10 as the electromagnet block 20 is magnetized and demagnetized, the base 10 comprises a guide portion 17 for restricting the card 60 in its position. This prevents variations in the performance characteristics so that high productivity and long service life of contacts can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Noda, Takeshi Suzuki, Takashi Noguchi, Tatsuo Shinoura, Takashi Asao
  • Patent number: 5936496
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay is provided with a coil body that is preferably composed of ceramic with a winding and a U-shaped core yoke whose ends are bridged by a flat armature. The armature actuates an insulating switching spring made of ceramic or a similar material that, crosses the armature at about a 90.degree. angle, and extends between the ends of the core yoke and bridges two cooperating contacts at its movable end with a bridge contact. The relay can be utilized even in a very small design at high ambient temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Kern
  • Patent number: 5929730
    Abstract: A single or double relay is provided. The relay has a base and a coil body. Each relay has a coil with an axis parallel to the bottom side of the base, an angled yoke and a plate-shaped armature. The armature is connected to a contact spring that is split into two fork-like legs. A contact leg carries a movable contact and a terminal leg that is connected to a spring carrier in the region in front of the movable armature end. With the double relay, the two armatures lie parallel at opposite ends of the base. The design yields a simple assembly with good heat dissipation particularly for a double relay for high switching currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Horst Hendel
  • Patent number: 5909162
    Abstract: In a seesaw type electromagnetic relay comprising an armature carrying out a seesaw motion by excitation of an electromagnet, and a movable spring which carries out the seesaw motion in synchronism with the seesaw motion of the armature and which comprises a par of spring sections, at least one of the spring sections forks into two branches to form a pair of spring pieces one of which is bent downward. A pair of movable contacts is mounted at both free end parts of the movable spring on a bottom surface of the movable spring. One of the movable contacts is mounted at the free end part in the spring pieces on bottom surfaces thereof to form a pair of movable contact elements acting as a twin movable contact. A pair of fixed contacts faces the pair of movable contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Matsujiro Ikeda, Kazuya Yamakosi
  • Patent number: 5903201
    Abstract: The relay has a magnetic system with a coil (2), a core (4), a yoke (5) and also an armature (6) mounted on the yoke. A contact spring (7) is fastened to the armature and the end section of said spring interacts with one or more mating contact elements. The contact spring (7) and/or each mating contact element (21, 22, 25, 26) are connected to connection elements which are all anchored in a common plane in separate pockets (33, 34, 35) of an insulating wall (32) on that side of the coil which is opposite the second yoke limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Heiko Reiss
  • Patent number: 5900791
    Abstract: An armature-mounting arrangement for a hinged-armature relay includes a yoke (3), an armature (1) positioned at an end portion of the yoke, and an armature holding spring (2) which has at least one switching contact thereon and which is mechanically coupled to the armature. The armature holding spring is formed as one piece with a return spring (5) for the armature and also with spring hooks (4). Each of the spring hooks has a first portion (4a) lying substantially flat on an outer side of the armature and a second portion (4b) extending from the first portion about the armature and lying almost flat against an outer surface of the yoke. This armature-mounting arrangement is a particularly uncomplicated and cost effective structure and its operation is also not particularly sensitive to fabrication tolerances of the armature and the yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Hella KG Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hoffmann, Andre Koerner, Maik Zimmer
  • Patent number: 5896075
    Abstract: A relay has a coil form, preferably made of ceramic, with a winding and a U-shaped core yoke, whose ends are bridged by a flat armature. The armature actuates an insulating switching spring, made of ceramic or a similar material, which bridges two counter-contacts with a bridge contact on its movable end. The relay can be used at high ambient temperature, even with a very small construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Kern
  • Patent number: 5894254
    Abstract: A relay is formed by a magnet system containing a wound coil body, an L-shaped core arranged axially therein, an L-shaped armature and a base element with terminal elements. Stationary and moving contact elements are arranged between the base element and the magnet system. The armature is mounted with the free end of its transverse leg at the free end of the longitudinal leg of the core. The armature is secured through a U-shaped armature spring wrapping around the armature. The spring is secured with one arm at the longitudinal leg of the armature and a second arm is inserted in a recess between the coil body and the core. The actuation of the moving contact elements is provided via a slide coupled to the armature. This slide is hooked to the armature by spring tabs of the armature spring at opposing sides of the armature through snap latches formed at the ends of the side arms of the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: EH Schrack Components AG
    Inventors: Klaus Reiter, Zoran Gmajner, Ernst Bittermann
  • Patent number: 5889451
    Abstract: The relay has at least one switching system with a base body (1) forming a baseplate (11), in which base body a contact spring connection element (4) and mating contact elements (5, 6) are anchored and on which base body a coil (21, 22) with a core (23) and a yoke (24) is arranged upright with the coil axis perpendicular to the baseplate, an armature being arranged between the coil and the baseplate. A contact spring (3) connected to the armature (26) is constructed in a U-shaped manner, and the resultant two spring limbs form a connection limb (31) and a contact limb (32) having high current conductivity. The relay can be produced in a simple manner with simple parts either as a single relay or as a double or multiple relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Kern
  • Patent number: 5889453
    Abstract: A relay for overcurrent or short-circuit protection is provided wherein the relay has a thermistor in the form of a film of polymer material. The thermistor is arranged over a large surface in the interior of the relay between a connection segment of a terminal element and a terminal plate coupled parallel thereto. By such design, the thermistor is serially connected into the load circuit of the relay. Upon the appearance of either an overcurrent or a short circuit, the thermistor makes an immediate shift to a high resistance value, thereby interrupting the load circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Siepmann, Gregor Ploeger
  • Patent number: 5864268
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay constructed as a hinged-armature relay in which an armature (5) is attached to a flat-shaped spring (6) which spring is constructed as one piece to serve both as a switch-contact spring and as a return spring and which is mechanically and electrically coupled to a load-current terminal (11), with the load-current terminal having a spring affixing area (11a) and a terminal area (11b), wherein the spring affixing area and the terminal area of the load-current terminal are bendable relative to one another. A response voltage of such a relay can be adjusted in a particularly uncomplicated and quick manner using a wedge-shaped adjusting tool (12) to bend the affixing area relative to the terminal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Hella KG Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hoffmann, Andre Koerner, Maik Zimmer
  • Patent number: 5864269
    Abstract: An electromagnetic hinged-armature relay comprises a contact spring (2) which is arranged on and attached to an armature (1). The contact spring serves as a switching contact spring and has a bounce dampener which is in the form of a swing element (3) made as one piece with the contact spring which greatly reduces bounces of contacts and contact wear resulting therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Hella KG Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Andreas Grueber, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Andre Koerner, Maik Zimmer
  • Patent number: 5834998
    Abstract: A relay with a base member accommodating a magnet system is provided whereby connecting leads are provided for a contact arrangement. A cap is mounted onto the base member and includes cap terminal lugs that are part of connecting webs in the inside of the cap. An unreleasable electrical connection is provided between the connecting webs and the connecting leads. One thus obtains a contact and/or coil connection possibility via the housing cap instead of or in addition to terminal lugs disposed on the underside of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Reiss, Juergen Breitlow-Hertzfeldt
  • Patent number: 5801608
    Abstract: The relay has a magnet system with an armature that operates on a switching spring via an actuating element. This switching spring has a frame-shaped contact spring as well as a fork-shaped reset spring, intermeshed in one plane and mutually decoupled, whereby the reset spring guides the actuating element via at least two linkage points lying in a line parallel to the pivot axis. The relay of the present invention provides a compact construction with few individual parts and a very low-friction operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: EH-Schrack Components-AG
    Inventor: Leopold Mader
  • Patent number: 5781089
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a winding, a magnetic core disposed within the winding, and an armature mounted for movement at a first end of the winding. At least one movable circuit contact is operably associated with the armature and movable with respect to at least one stationary contact mounted in the relay responsive to motion of the armature. An end plate is mounted at an opposing end of the winding and an insulating sheet is folded about a portion of the winding. The insulating sheet has first and second sides, with the first side being secured on one end to the end plate, and the second end disposed between the armature and the first end of the winding. An outer frame covers at least a portion of the insulating sheet. The insulating sheet functions to reduce the occurrence of voltage breakdown within the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Siemens Electromechanical Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Doneghue
  • Patent number: 5748061
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay has low heat transmission from the electromagnetic block to the contacts and a conductive circuit would have low electrical resistance. In the relay, a movable contact terminal is caulked to a yoke with a flat protruding segment between them to act as a spacer to reduce the heat transmission. The relay may also have a movable contact terminal and a movable hinged spring fixed to the yoke of the electromagnetic block. The hinged spring may then be directly electrically connected to the movable contact terminal which is fixed to the yoke to lower the electrical resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tsutsui, Seiji Imamura
  • Patent number: 5606298
    Abstract: In an electrical relay for integration on printed circuit boards, terminal leads thereof emerge from an upper side of a housing that faces away from a floor side or from the printed circuit board, and have bent-over sections extending along sidewalls of the housing down into the region of the floor side, where they form press-in pins or SMT solder terminals. As a result thereof, a decoupling of the press-in stems from the seal leadthroughs at the housing occurs, so that a de-adjustment in the interior of the relay due to the press-in is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Weiser
  • Patent number: 5587693
    Abstract: A polarized electromagnetic relay includes a base, an electromagnet with a coil and a pair of pole pieces extending perpendicularly from the end of said coil, a balanced armature and spring system which when actuated pivots between two fixed contact points and a permanent magnet inducing the same magnetic poles in both of said pole pieces and providing an opposite pole in closely adjacent relationship to the central portion of the armature. A movable contact spring is fixedly connected to the armature, said spring forming contact arms at either armature end portion and a pair of torsion pivot arms extending transversely in opposite directions along the pivot axis of said armature, the distal ends of either pivot arm being fixedly connected to a support extending on either side of the armature from a coil bobbin. Further, a flexible movable braid connects the movable contacts on said movable spring to each other and to a movable contact terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Siemens Electromechanical Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Fear
  • Patent number: 5583471
    Abstract: The contact spring arrangement has an elongated contact spring having a rigid connecting leg which extends approximately parallel to the contact spring and conducts the switching current in a direction opposite to the contact spring. On the side opposite the connecting leg the contact spring has a contact piece which co-operates with an opposite counter-contact element having a contact piece. The repulsive forces between the connecting leg and the contact spring become so long that even in the case of the highest short circuit currents no welding of the contacts results when in the case of contact pieces made from silver or a silver alloy the length of the gap formed between the contact spring and connecting leg is at least 20 times larger than the average spring spacing in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Weiser, Robert Esterl, Gerhard Furtwangler, Horst Tamm
  • Patent number: 5497133
    Abstract: A switch is made for use in elevated temperatures. A first stationary contact carrier is made of stainless steel and configured to be rigidly attached to a first stationary contact pad that is made of a nickel silver alloy. A second stationary contact pad of fine silver is used as the normally opened contact. A movable contact pad made of a silver cadmium oxide alloy is movable from a first position in contact with the normally closed first contact pad to a second position in contact with the normally opened second stationary contact pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur W. Dawson, Kundan L. Malik
  • Patent number: 5497132
    Abstract: Relay having a coil, a magnetic system and a contact system which is actuatable by the magnetic system via a comb made of an electrically insulating material and includes at least one essentially fixed contact and a contact controlled by the magnetic system. In order to realize the prestress of the essentially fixed contact (3), the resilient holder (21) is secured on an essentially rigid contact carrier (3'), with the resilient holder (21) being prestressed against the contact carrier (3') via a stopper which is bent outwards therefrom and supports the resilient holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: EH-Schrack Components Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Leopold Mader
  • Patent number: 5473297
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay having movable contactors which extend along either side of a movable armature. The movable armature and the movable contactors are formed integrally with the central support member by outsert molding. Movable contact terminals, which extend from the movable contactors, are molded to the base sections. Connecting pieces, which are located on the bases of the movable contact terminals, are bent to form a rotating shaft. The front ends of the base sections protrude toward each other to form the base. The movable contacts on the movable contactors are positioned so that they alternately contact and draw away from the fixed contacts on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumi Sako, Kiyoaki Kuzukawa
  • Patent number: 5359305
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a pair of contacts of high fusion-bonding resistance and a further pair of contacts of low contact resistance, which pairs being connected mutually in parallel relationship, with an actuator of an electromagnet unit interposed between them and respectively having a movable contactor carrying a movable contact of the pair and provided for contact opening and closing with respect to a stationary contact of the pair by means of the actuator of the electromagnet unit, whereby the pair of contacts of low contact resistance can be prevented from causing any fusion-bonding and any temperature rise around the pair can be effectively restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kitamura, Naoki Kanemoto, Yoichi Yokoyama, Kiwamu Shibata, Tetsuyasu Kawamoto, Masahiro Kutsuna
  • Patent number: 5337029
    Abstract: A polarized relay includes a coil block having an elongated coil bobbin, a core inserted therein, and an excitation coil wound about the coil bobbin. The core has opposed pole ends projecting upwardly from longitudinal ends of the coil bobbin. A permanent magnet is interposed between the pole ends on the coil bobbin. Disposed on the coil block is an armature block which comprises an elongated generally flat armature and a set of movable springs carrying movable contacts. The movable springs are held together with the armature by means of an electrically insulating harness molded on the armature. The armature is pivotally supported on the coil block to be movable between two contact operating positions and constituting a magnetic circuit with the core and the permanent magnet for polarized operation of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nobutoki, Kyoji Ueda, Hiroyuki Kita
  • Patent number: 5331302
    Abstract: A miniature transfer relay has a base mounting a contact assembly and an electromagnet. The contact assembly includes a normally-open (NO) fixed contact, a normally-closed (NC) fixed contact, a common conductor, and a movable spring extending from the common conductor and carrying first and second movable contacts engageable respectively with the NO and NC contacts. The electromagnet block includes an armature which is movable between set and reset positions and is connected to the movable spring for making and breaking the NO and NC contacts simultaneously in response to the armature movement. The NO fixed contact and the common conductor are molded in an upper surface of the base, while the NC fixed contacts has a portion molded in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yoshimura, Takayasu Ishizuka, Masayui Shiomi, Tomoyoshi Hayashi, Hiroaki Aihoshi, Hisanobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5325079
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay having contacts formed as integral parts of the core and armature of the relay. The contacts are formed by electroplating or cladding ferromagnetic core and armature parts with low resistance material such as copper, silver, gold or platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Kaloust P. Sogoian
    Inventor: Hrair N. Aharonian
  • Patent number: 5291166
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay with a resistor is manufactured through the process comprising the steps of assembling an actuating part of the relay having a coil, contacts, terminals, an armature, a core and the like, setting the resistor on a base having slots to receive the terminals, and mounting the actuating part of the relay on the base by inserting the terminals into the slots of the base. The resistor is connected to coil terminals connected with the coil by fitting lead wires of the resistor into slits formed in the respective coil terminals so as to open in the inserting direction of the terminals at the same time of mounting the actuating part of the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Assignee: Jidosha Denki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toru Chikira
  • Patent number: 5289144
    Abstract: The relay comprises a flat base, a motor unit mounted on the base, an armature arranged on one end of the motor unit to actuate a contact arrangement fastened on the base at the other end of the motor unit. The movement of the armature upon energization or de-energization of the motor unit is transferred to the contact arrangement by means of a pusher arranged above the motor unit. The pusher is clamped to the armature by means of a multi-functional retainer spring which serves also for fastening the armature to a frame and for biasing the armature into its rest position. The motor unit is inserted with terminals and bobbin posts into oblong holes of the base so as to be displaceable in an actuating direction for adjusting a contact gap or overtravel during assembly of the relay and before securing the motor unit to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Potter & Brumfield, Inc.
    Inventor: Shangshyan Liao
  • Patent number: 5260677
    Abstract: A normally closed AC relay with a stator core with primary and shaded poles, a pivotal clapper, an elongated leaf spring fixed to the clapper providing a clapper return spring and a clapper overtravel spring extending radially outwardly from the outer end of the clapper, the overtravel spring being substantially narrower than the rest of the leaf spring to reduce the weight and moment of inertia of the overtravel spring and the complete clapper assembly, the overtravel spring having a spring rate significantly greater than the return spring and both the overtravel spring and clapper assembly having a natural frequency significantly greater than twice the frequency of the AC source so that the clapper is actuated to open the relay without incipient switch chatter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Inventor: John G. Gamble
  • Patent number: 5235301
    Abstract: A relay has a coil body (1) as a support for a magnet system and also a base. Coil connection elements (3, 4) serve for the connection between coil body and base, which coil connection elements are fastened with horizontal fastening legs (33, 34, 35, 43, 44) in corresponding horizontal insert channels (13, 14, 15, 16, 17) of the coil flanges (11, 12). In addition, wind-on pieces (36, 46) which directly support the winding ends of the coil are formed onto the coil connection elements (3, 4). This results in a manufacture of the relay with few component parts which is simple and can be automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Dittmann, Horst Hendel
  • Patent number: 5216397
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay comprising a fixed end terminal piece including a main part, a narrowed portion extending therefrom, and a relatively broader mounting portion formed at a free end of the narrowed portion and carrying a fixed contact thereon. Since a strong magnetic field in generated by the concentration of electric current in the narrowed portion, and an electric arc generated across the contacts is subjected to a corresponding electromagnetic force according to Fleming's left-hand rule, the arc is either eliminated or deflected from the shortest path between the two contacts, and the welding together of the two contacts is effectively prevented. Also, the durability of the contacts is substantially improved through deflection or elimination of the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushige Matsuoka, Masaharu Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5177459
    Abstract: A relay having a contact and terminal base assembly having a platform with mounting holes formed in corners thereof, to receive depending limbs which extend from the coil and plunger assembly so that, in this way, the two assemblies are mechanically engaged by a socket-type connection. Each assembly, then, may be separately manufactured, to support the contacts and terminals in the one assembly, and to support the coil and plunger in the other assembly, respectively; then, the two are socketed together, to form the complete relay. Such modular construction simplifies manufacturing, and facilitates final, factory adjustments, of each module-assembly, before the two are mechanically joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Inventor: Jack B. Meister
  • Patent number: 5160909
    Abstract: A state indicating relay wherein a pair of signal contacts connectable to an external electrical circuit are shunted, or opened in response to a bridging contact mounted on the rear of a switching contact mounted on the relay armature. Insulation is provided between the signal/bridging contacts and the power switching contacts of the relay. Operation of the power switching contacts is indicated by the current state of the signal/bridging contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Appliance Control Technology
    Inventor: Chester H. Crow
  • Patent number: 5151675
    Abstract: A relay having a contact spring connected to an armature in which the contact spring is constricted near the free edge of the armature and is broadened into a T-shaped end to provide a double contact or bridge contact relay further includes supporting tabs applied to each of the transverse legs of the contact spring. The supporting tabs are struck by the armature during armature motion directed toward opening of the contacts. This transmits a jolt of force in the immediate proximity of the contact pieces during opening of the contact pieces in order to break any welding or adhesion of the contacts. The relatively weak spring modulus for ensuring closing of the contacts is retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilfried Biehl, Bernhard Kleine-Onnibrink
  • Patent number: 5148136
    Abstract: A flat electromagnetic relay comprises a lead frame having six stamped insert molded circuit leads, an armature frame pivotally supporting a balanced beam armature which carries two contact bars, a coil assembly and an electromagnetic frame having two diagonally arranged pole wings which are on opposite sides and ends of the armature. The armature is biased into a first operative position where the contact bar at one shunts two circuit leads. When the coil is energized, the armature is pivoted into a second operative position where the contact bar at the other end shunts two other circuit leads. The circuit leads are shaped and arranged to provide three pairs of functionally related circuit leads that have respective pairs of male terminal blades that have terminal blades that are on opposite sides of and equidistant from an imaginary centerline of the relay so that the relay is reversible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Richard L. Kidd
  • Patent number: 5144271
    Abstract: In an electromagnetic power relay, a spring carrier and a cooperating contact element are plugged into slots in a base member from two opposite sides. Terminal rails extending parallel along the outside walls of the base member to an end face of the relay have, at the end face, portions which are crimped inwardly within pockets in the housing cap. The terminal elements then emerge from the outside walls of the relay at a predetermined insulating distance from the side walls of the relay and form solder and plug terminals. Within the pockets, the terminal elements are provided with fastening projections for anchoring, the fastening projections lying in the inwardly offset planes of the terminal elements. An adequate insulating distance from the side walls of the relay is, thus, provided so that the relays may be tightly grouped on a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Helmut Schedele
  • Patent number: 5126709
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay having an electromagnetic block with a roughly U-shaped iron core formed with a pair of bent opposing magnetic poles at both the ends thereof and with a coil wound therearound via a spool; and an armature block with both ends thereof opposing the magnetic poles and with the middle portion thereof pivotally supported. A permanent magnet is disposed between the two opposing magnet poles of the iron core so as to oppose said armature. The permanent magnet is supported by a support member formed integral with the spool of the electromagnetic block. The armature is pivotally supported by the electromagnetic block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Takashi Tanaka, Takezo Sano, Tsutomu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5084688
    Abstract: The miniaturized power relay for printed circuits comprises an electromagnetic circuit (2) complete with coil (39), a contact-holder block (3) provided with an actuator (25) and a protection and sealing covering (4); the magnetic circuit has exclusively a fixed supporting element (5) and a movable keeper element (6) the respective polar expansions whereof (7, 8) are conveniently shaped so as to reduce dimensions and are accommodated inside the coil to use all of the magnetic flux which is generated by the coil itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Carlo Gavazzi Electromatic AG
    Inventor: Albertoni Martino
  • Patent number: 5081436
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay in which terminal pieces carrying fixed contact pieces can be assembled in the case for the electromagnetic relay from above. The case consists of a main case accommodating an electromagnet unit, a terminal case accommodating a contact unit and mounted on the main case, and a cover which is mounted on the terminal case. Each of the terminal pieces is fitted into a mounting position in a certain direction to be made immobile in any other direction perpendicular thereto. The cover is provided with a plurality of projections each of which engages with one of the terminal pieces to prevent it from moving in the said certain direction. Thus, the terminal pieces may be assembled from the upper end of the terminal case, and the work required for this assembly process may be significantly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nishi, Takeshi Suzuki, Masato Nonaka