# US 4,393,359 A · Electromagnetic relay

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- Number: US 4,393,359 A
- Document ID: US4393359A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/320,323
- Filed: 1981-11-12
- Granted: 1983-07-12
- Earliest claimed: 1981-11-12
- Assignees: Products Unlimited, Inc.
- Inventors: Gary W. Schreiner; Merle L. Kemp, Jr.; Edward A. Chernoff
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4393359A

## CPC

- H01H 50/546: {for contactors having bridging contacts}
- H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00)

## Abstract

Integral posts on the molded base limit rotation of a lower contact carrier, and a contact guide limits rotation of an upper contact carrier, the carriers being spring biased for slidable movement on a lifter post attached to the armature of the relay.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electromagnetic relay comprising in combination,
an insulating base member,
an electromagnetic coil mounted on said base member,
an armature means pivotally mounted to said base member with one end portion movable between upper and lower positions in response to the energization and denergization of said coil,
spring means biasing said armature into one of said positions,
a contact carrier post affixed to said one end portion of said armature and extending upwardly therefrom,
first and second contacts mounted to said base on opposite sides of said armature,
a lower contact carrier blade slidably mounted on said post and carrying a pair of contacts adapted to respectively engage said first and second contacts when said armature is in said lower position.
first and second upstanding abutment guide means integral with said base member and respectively disposed on opposite sides of said armature for limiting lateral movement thereof and for limiting rotational movement of said lower contact carrier blade,
first and second contact carrier brackets mounted to said base and respectively carrying third and fourth contacts in spaced, vertical alignment with said first and second contacts,
an upper contact carrier blade slidably mounted on said post and carrying a pair of upper contacts adapted to respectively engage said third and fourth contacts when said armature is in said upper position, and
a compression spring compressed between said upper and lower contact carrier blades to urge said blades in mutually spaced apart relationship.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An electromagnetic relay according to claim 1, comprising
a contact guide member formed of an insulating material and secured to said upper contact carrier blade for selective engagement with said contact carrier brackets to limit rotational movement of said upper contact carrier blade on said post.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

An electromagnetic relay according to claim 2 wherein
said contact guide member includes a cylindrical boss received in a central hole in said upper contact carrier blade, and
a washer press-fitted on said boss to hold said upper contact carrier blade and said contact guide member in mutually assembled relationship.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An electromagnetic relay according to claim 3 wherein
said compression spring is a coil spring, and
the upper end portion of said compression spring is disposed over the lower end portion of said boss.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

An electromagnetic relay according to claim 2 wherein said contact guide member includes
outwardly extending arms respectively interposed between said contact carrier brackets and said pair of upper contacts.