Nec Corporation

Hideki Hitachi

Masao Saito

Naoto Okihara

Matsujiro Ikeda

Kiyotaka Yokoo

Kazutoshi Kaneyama

An electromagnetic relay of a flat configuration which can switch electric contacts by producing a seesaw movement of an armature. The relay has an armature assembly having moveable contacts, a coil assembly implemented as a coil spool having a core and wound with a coil, and an insulating base supporting stationay contacts, coil terminals, and connection terminals. The coil assembly is built in the base by affixing the coil terminals of the coil assembly to coil terminals of the base, and then the base is molded to cover the whole coil assembly except for both ends of the core and a bore for receiving a permanent magnet. The base, therefore, fully spaces apart the joints of the coil terminals and the contacts and spaces apart the coil and the contacts.

Electromagnetic relay

A miniature flat relay comprising upper and lower insulating housing member. The lower member has a coil which snugly fits therein. The coil contains a core with a centrally located permanent magnet which energizes a U-shaped magnetic structure and provides a fulcrum for seesaw mounting an elongated armature. Movable electrical contacts project from opposite ends of the armature. A central section of the contacts forms hinge sections which project therefrom in order to secure the armature at said fulcrum. The armature may be made either bi-stable or monostable.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hideki Hitachi