Omron Corporation

Nanako Hinokitani

Minoru Kobayashi

Shuichi Itoda

Yuta Motomura

A plunger is movable between a first position and a second position. The plunger separates a first movable contact from a first fixed contact and separates a second movable contact from a second fixed contact at the first position. The plunger presses a first movable piece toward a first fixed terminal to make the first movable contact into contact with the first fixed contact, and presses a second movable piece toward a second fixed terminal to make the second movable contact into contact with the second fixed contact at the second position. The plunger moves from the first position to the second position by being pressed by a pressing portion of an electric plug inserted into a third insertion port.

Power connector and power outlet

A first fixed terminal extends in a first direction. A second fixed terminal extends in the first direction and is disposed apart from the first fixed terminal in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A first magnet generates a magnetic field that applies a first Lorentz force in a first oblique direction to an arc generated at a first fixed contact and a first movable contact. The first oblique direction is a direction that is inclined with respect to the first direction and oriented away from the second fixed terminal. A second magnet generates a magnetic field that applies a second Lorentz force in a second oblique direction to an arc generated at a second fixed contact and a second movable contact. The second oblique direction is a direction that is inclined with respect to the first direction and oriented away from the first fixed terminal.

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Kyoto, Japan

Nanako Hinokitani