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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Ito, Mie, JP;
Tsukasa Nishimura, Hokkaido, JP;
Abstract
A contact point deviceincludes a drive blockthat has a drive shaftto which a movable contactoris attached, and drives the movable contactor. The movable contactoris attached to the drive shaftso as to be movable relatively to the drive shaftin an axial direction of the drive shaft, and in addition, relative movement thereof in the axial direction is regulated due to abutment of the movable contactoragainst a regulating portion. Then, between the movable contactorand the regulating portionis formed a rotational movement deregulating portion, which relaxes the regulation by the regulating portionfor the relative rotational movement of the movable contactorin the axial direction.