Relay

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11276537-B2
Application number	US-202017012067-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2020
Priority date	Sep 18, 2019
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

A housing includes a first mounting portion having a first through hole penetrating in a first direction and a second mounting portion having a second through hole penetrating in the first direction. The second mounting portion is disposed separately from the first mounting portion to one side in a second direction and is disposed closer to one side in a third direction than the first mounting portion. The first fixed terminal includes a first fastening portion that is exposed outside the housing closer to one side in the third direction than the first mounting portion. The second fixed terminal includes a second fastening portion that is exposed outside the housing closer to an opposite side in the third direction than the second mounting portion and that is disposed closer to the opposite side in the third direction than the first fastening portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A relay comprising:
a housing including a first mounting portion having a first through hole penetrating in a first direction and a second mounting portion having a second through hole penetrating in the first direction, the second mounting portion being disposed separately from the first mounting portion to one side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and disposed closer to one side in a third direction than the first mounting portion, the third direction being orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction;
a first fixed terminal including a first fastening portion, the first fastening portion having a first screw insertion hole along the first direction and being exposed outside the housing closer to the one side in the third direction than the first mounting portion; and
a second fixed terminal including a second fastening portion, the second fastening portion having a second screw insertion hole along the first direction, being exposed outside the housing closer to an opposite side in the third direction than the second mounting portion, and being disposed closer to the opposite side in the third direction than the first fastening portion, wherein
the housing includes a first side portion disposed at an opposite side in the second direction, a second side portion disposed at the one side in the second direction, a third side portion connected to the first side portion and the second side portion at the one side in the third direction, and a fourth side portion connected to the first side portion and the second side portion at the opposite side in the third direction,
the first fastening portion is arranged without protruding beyond a boundary between the first side portion and the third side portion to the one side in the third direction at a height position of the first fastening portion in the first direction, and
the second fastening portion is arranged without protruding beyond a boundary between the second side portion and the fourth side portion to the opposite side in the third direction at a height position of the second fastening portion in the first direction.

2. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein
the first fastening portion is disposed closer to the opposite side in the third direction than the third side portion, and
the second fastening portion is disposed closer to the one side in the third direction than the fourth side portion.

3. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein
the first fixed terminal and the second fixed terminal are plate-shaped terminals,
the first fastening portion protrudes from the first side portion, and
the second fastening portion protrudes from the second side portion.

4. The relay according to claim 1 , wherein
a virtual line connecting the first screw insertion hole and the second screw insertion hole is inclined with respect to the third side portion and the fourth side portion as viewed from the first direction.

5. The relay according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a movable contact piece extending in the housing in the second direction and configured to contact the first fixed terminal and the second fixed terminal, wherein
a virtual line connecting the first screw insertion hole and the second screw insertion hole is inclined with respect to the movable contact piece as viewed from the first direction.

6. The relay according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connector connecting portion that is arranged to be exposed from the housing to the one side in the second direction and that is visible from between the second mounting portion and the second fastening portion as viewed from the first direction.

7. The relay according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connector connecting portion is arranged to be exposed from the housing to the opposite side in the second direction and is visible from between the first mounting portion and the first fastening portion as viewed from the first direction.

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Harimochi Hiroyuki
• Minowa Ryota
• Kawaguchi Naoki
• Ogawa Shinichi
• Otsuka Kohei
• Iwasaka Hiroyuki
• Tsutsui Kazuhiro

Classifications

• H01H50/14 Primary

  Terminal arrangements {(for coils H01H50/443)} · CPC title

• H01H50/047 Primary

  Details concerning mounting a relays · CPC title

• H01H45/04

  Mounting complete relay or separate parts of relay on a base or inside a case · CPC title

• H01H2205/002

  fixed to operating part · CPC title

• H01H47/22

  for supplying energising current for relay coil · CPC title