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US 11,776,783 B2Granted
Kit and method for the assembly of at least two variants of a relay and contact spring for a relay
AssigneeTyco Electronics Austria GmbH
InventorsMarkus Gutmann, Philipp Harrer
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Abstract
A stationary contact spring for a relay includes a base section fixed in a housing of the relay, a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force, a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area, and an abutting latch abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force.
Claims21
A relay, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a stationary contact spring having a base section fixed in the housing, a contact area opposite the base section, and a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area, the stationary contact spring abuts the housing with a biasing force directed against a contact force, the biasing force in a first variant of the relay is lower than the contact force and the biasing force in a second variant of the relay is higher than the contact force, the stationary contact spring has an abutting latch abutting the housing with the biasing force, a free end of the abutting latch is plastically deformable into a plurality of positions relative to the spring section for altering the biasing force between the contact spring and the housing.
A stationary contact spring for a relay, comprising:
- a base section fixed in a housing of the relay;
- a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force;
- a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area;
- and
- an abutting latch abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force, the abutting latch is integrally formed with the spring section and extends from the spring section, the abutting latch has a free tip with an abutting surface bent away from a plane in which the spring section is arranged.
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A relay, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a stationary contact spring having a base section fixed in the housing, a contact area opposite the base section, and a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area, the stationary contact spring abuts the housing with a biasing force directed against a contact force, the biasing force in a first variant of the relay is lower than the contact force and the biasing force in a second variant of the relay is higher than the contact force, the first variant is a low inrush relay and has an inrush capacity of about 15-20 A and/or the second variant is a high inrush relay and has an inrush capacity of about 45 A.
A stationary contact spring for a relay, comprising:
- a base section fixed in a housing of the relay;
- a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force;
- a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area;
- an abutting latch abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force;
- and
- a first bending zone having a smaller width in comparison to an area immediately surrounding the first bending zone.
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A stationary contact spring for a relay, comprising:
- a base section fixed in a housing of the relay;
- a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force;
- a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area, the base section extends beyond a lateral side of the spring section and a gap is disposed between the lateral side of the spring section and the base section;
- and
- an abutting latch abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force.
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A stationary contact spring for a relay, comprising:
- a base section fixed in a housing of the relay;
- a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force;
- a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area;
- and
- a pair of abutting latches abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force, the abutting latches are integrally formed with the spring section and extend from the spring section, the abutting latches each protrude from a lateral side of the spring section.
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A stationary contact spring for a relay, comprising:
- a base section fixed in a housing of the relay;
- a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force;
- a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area;
- and
- an abutting latch abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force, the abutting latch is integrally formed with the spring section and extends from the spring section, the abutting latch is L-shaped and cantilevered.
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A stationary contact spring for a relay, comprising:
- a base section fixed in a housing of the relay;
- a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force;
- a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area;
- and
- an abutting latch abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force, the abutting latch is integrally formed with the spring section and extends from the spring section, a free end of the abutting latch is plastically deformable into a plurality of positions relative to the spring section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.