Polarized electromagnetic multi-contact relay

A polarized electromagnetic relay having a connecting plane, comprising:

• a coil member carrying an excitation winding, said coil member having two flanges and a through cavity extending along an axis;
• two armature contact tongues lying inside said coil member substantially parallel to said axis and having principle planes lying perpendicular to the connecting plane of the relay in planes parallel to one another, said two armature contact tongues being seated at one side of said coil member in a region of a first of said two flanges;
• a plurality of stationary contact elements serving as pole pieces, said cooperating contact elements being twice in number as the number of said armature contact tongues, said cooperating contact elements being opposite one another in pairs in a region of a second of said two flanges with a free end of one of said armature contact tongues between each of said pairs to form working air gaps, said pole pieces being substantially flat and lying in a common plane perpendicular to the connecting plane of the relay and to the planes of the contact tongues, said pole pieces being next to one another at said second of said two flanges;
• a permanent magnet arrangement coupled to said cooperating contact elements serving as pole pieces to oppositely polarize said pole pieces of each pair, said permanent magnet arrangement of each pole piece having a separate polarization region having polarization directions parallel to said axis of said coil member, one pole of every polarization region is coupled to a pole piece;
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• a flux plate coupling an opposite pole facing away from said pole piece to a corresponding one of said contact tongues in a region of said first of said two flanges.