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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Takahiro Masuda, Kyoto, JP;
Junya Yamamoto, Shiga, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In an electrostatic relay in which a moving contact and a movable electrode are displaced in parallel with a base substrate, an opening force is increased when the movable electrode is separated from a fixed electrode, and a structure is simplified to enhance a degree of freedom of design. A fixed contact portion and a fixed electrode portion are fixed to the base substrate. The fixed electrode portion and a movable electrode portion constitute an electrostatic actuator that displaces the movable electrode portion and a moving contact portion. A movable spring provided in a spring supporting portion retains the movable electrode portion in a displaceable manner. A cantilever secondary spring is provided in the spring supporting portion, and a projection portion is provided in a front end face of the movable electrode portion. The secondary spring abuts on the projection portion while being not deformed until abutting on the projection portion, before the moving contact of the moving contact portion abuts on the fixed contact of the fixed contact portion when the moving contact portion and the movable electrode portion are displaced.