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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Takahiro Masuda, Kyoto, JP;
Tomonori Seki, Nara, JP;
Takahiro Masuda, Kyoto, JP;
Tomonori Seki, Nara, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A micro electromechanical relay opens and closes an electrical circuit by contact/separation between a fixed contact disposed on a base and a movable contact disposed on an actuator by driving of a movable electrode by electrostatic attraction by application of voltage between a fixed electrode disposed on the base and a movable electrode of the actuator. The actuator comprises a supporting portion disposed on the base, a beam portion extending in a cantilevered manner from the supporting portion, and a movable electrode and a movable contact elastically supported by the beam portion. The beam portion elastically supports, in order from the supporting portion end, the movable electrode and the movable contact. A slit is formed from the side of the supporting portion in the portion of the actuator connecting the beam portion and the movable electrode.