Contact device

A contact device comprising:

• a fixed terminal with a fixed contact;
• a movable armature with a movable contact which contacts to or separates from said fixed contact;
• a movable shaft connected to said movable armature at its one end;
• a movable core secured to an opposite end of said movable shaft;
• an electromagnetic mechanism for driving said movable core in response to an excitation current so as to bring said movable contact into contact with said fixed contact;
• wherein
• said contact device further comprises:
• a movable core receiver slid onto said movable shaft so that it faces a surface of said movable core which faces the movable armature to receive said movable core driven by said electromagnetic mechanism,
• an impact absorber made of elastic material disposed on a surface on the movable armature side of said movable core receiver to absorb an impact generated when said movable core hit said movable core receiver, and
• a movement restriction member disposed on a surface on the movable armature side of said impact absorber to restrict a movement of said impact absorber,
• wherein the impact absorber is disposed between the movable core receiver and the movement restriction member.