Miniature relay with bearing supports associated with the housing

A relay structure comprising:

• an electromagnet assembly including a coil about a generally central axial magnetic core piece and a yoke piece providing a pair of magnetic poles at a first end of said electromagnet assembly in the form of the generally flat ends of said yoke and core pieces, said yoke piece having an outer edge at said first end, and further being magnetically connected to said core at the second end of said electromagnet assembly;
• a generally L-shaped armature piece placed at said first end with the vertex of its obtuse interior angle in contact with said yoke piece outer edge, a first leg of said armature being located so as to be magnetically pulled to said core piece thereby tilting said armature about said vertex;
• a housing containing said electromagnet assembly and said armature piece;
• and means comprising a pair of shoulder pieces located within said housing, one of said shoulder pieces bearing against the outside surface of said armature opposite said vertex and the other bearing against said yoke adjacent said second end, thereby to provide axial constraint for the assembly comprising said electromagnet assembly and said armature, and preservation of the relative axial positions of said yoke and said armature.