Contact device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuhisa Kinoshita
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Abstract
A contact device including a fixed contact member having a fixed contact; and a movable contact member which includes a movable contact and is movable between a position where the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and a position where the movable contact is away from the fixed contact, a first contact member which is one of the fixed contact member and the movable contact member further including a recess in a surface to which a first contact of the first contact member is provided. The first contact protrudes toward a second contact of a second contact member which is another of the fixed contact member and the movable contact member, and a periphery of the recess at least partially surrounding a periphery of the first contact in a surface perpendicular to a protruding direction of the first contact.
Claims11
A contact device, comprising:
- a fixed contact member including a fixed contact;
- and
- a movable contact member which includes a movable contact and is movable between a position where the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and a position where the movable contact is away from the fixed contact,
- a first contact member which is one of the fixed contact member and the movable contact member further including a recess formed on a surface of the first contact member,
- a first contact of the first contact member protruding, from a bottom of the recess, toward a second contact of a second contact member which is an other of the fixed contact member and the movable contact member, and
- a periphery of the recess at least partially surrounding a periphery of the first contact in a surface perpendicular to a protruding direction of the first contact,
- the second contact member including a protrusion which protrudes toward the first contact member and is formed by folding an end part of the second contact member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.