Ngk Spark Plug Company, Limited

Shinsuke Ito

Takeshi Mitsuoka

Takio Kojima

Ryuji Inoue

Norihiko Nadanami

Youichi Hattori

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Takaya Yoshikawa

Shinya Murakoshi

Taku Hirano

A relay includes: a pair of fixed terminals, each being arranged to have a fixed contact on a one-end face; a movable contact member arranged to have a pair of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts; and a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member. In a moving direction of the movable contact member, a side where the fixed contacts are located is called a first side, and a side where the movable contacts are located is called a second side. The movable contact member includes: a center section located between the pair of movable contacts and located on the second side relative to the movable contacts; and a pair of extended sections located between the center section and the pair of movable contacts and extended in a direction including a component of the moving direction. At least one of the pair of extended sections has a specific relationship of being overlapped at least partly with the one-end face located on same side relative to the center section in vertical projection of the relay onto a predetermined plane perpendicular to the moving direction.

Relay

A relay includes: a plurality of fixed terminals arranged to have fixed contacts; and a movable contact member arranged to have a plurality of movable contacts that are correspondingly opposed to the respective fixed contacts. The relay further includes: a driving structure operated to move the movable contact member such that the respective movable contacts come into contact with the corresponding fixed contacts; a plurality of first vessels provided corresponding to the respective fixed terminals and arranged to have insulating property; a second vessel joined with the plurality of first vessels; and an air-tight space formed by the plurality of fixed terminals, the plurality of first vessels and the second vessel to allow the movable contact member and the respective fixed contacts to be placed therein.

A heater including: a rod-shaped ceramic heater including: a ceramic heater body extending in an axial direction and having a heating-element at its leading end portion for generating heat when energized; and first and second energizing lead terminals extending from the heating element and exposed to an outer circumference of a trailing end side of the ceramic heater body; a cylindrical outer cylinder for holding the ceramic heater while protruding a leading end portion and a trailing end portion of the ceramic heater; and a core rod arranged on said trailing end side of the ceramic heater in an axial direction and connected electrically with the first lead terminal, wherein the heater further includes: a ring member including: a ring leading end portion fixed by a tight fitting on an outer circumference of a trailing end side of the ceramic heater and connected electrically with the first lead terminal; and a ring trailing end portion protruding backward from a trailing end of the ceramic heater; and a metallic lead for connecting the ring trailing end portion and the core rod electrically.

Ceramic heater with ring member electrically connecting the heater to lead terminal core rod

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Shinsuke Ito