Electromagnetic relay for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9741516-B2
Application number	US-201214123967-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2012
Priority date	Jun 28, 2011
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

In an electromagnetic relay, terminal slits into which a coil terminal connected to a coil, a fixed contact terminal to which a fixed contact is attached, and a movable contact terminal electrically connected to a movable contact are inserted into is formed in a base, and the base is formed with ventilation holes used to discharge gas generated in an internal space and discharge vapor generated in the internal space. The ventilation holes are formed so as to be connected with the terminal slits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic relay, comprising:
a base;
an iron core around which a coil is wound;
a yoke which supports the iron core and forms a magnetic path together with the iron core;
a contact portion which is configured with a movable contact and a fixed contact between the base and the coil;
a coil terminal to which the coil is connected;
a fixed contact terminal which is inserted at the base;
a movable contact terminal which is attached to a vertical wall of the yoke; and
a movable contact spring which is attached to the vertical wall of the yoke, wherein:
the movable contact spring supports the movable contact of the contact portion,
the movable contact spring supports the movable contact such that the movable contact is configured to contact and separate with respect to the fixed contact,
the movable contact spring has a first attaching seat attached to the vertical wall of the yoke, and an operating piece that is bent and extends from the first attaching seat to be interposed between the base and the coil,
the movable contact is attached to a front end of the operating piece,
an iron piece is installed on a surface of the operating piece at the coil side,
the operating piece is installed so that the iron piece is separated from the iron core,
when the iron core is magnetized as a first electric current is applied to the coil, the operating piece is elastically deformed, the iron piece is adhered onto the iron core, and such that the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact and a second electric current is supplied to the fixed contact terminal and the movable contact terminal,
the yoke has an upper wall facing the base with a certain gap therebetween, and the vertical wall of the yoke that is bent and extends in a direction approximately vertical to the upper wall,
the iron core is fixed to the upper wall and a first end of the movable contact spring, and a first end of the movable contact terminal is fixed to the vertical wall of the yoke so as to be aligned in a short direction of a direction in which the upper wall and the vertical wall of the yoke are connected of the yoke,
the movable contact terminal, comprising an external connecting portion, is molded integrally to a second attaching seat attached to the vertical wall of the yoke and the external connecting portion of the movable contact terminal that extends from the second attaching seat toward a side opposite to the yoke while interposing the base,
the first attaching seat of the movable contact spring includes a first arm portion that is arranged on a width direction of the vertical wall of the yoke,
the second attaching seat of the movable contact terminal includes a second arm portion that is arranged on the width direction of the vertical wall of the yoke, the second arm portion being adjacent to the first arm portion along the width direction of the vertical wall of the yoke,
a first welding point, positioned between the vertical wall of the yoke and a first end of the first attaching seat,
a second welding point, positioned between the vertical wall of the yoke and a first end of the second attaching seat, and
a magnetic field, formed by supplying the second electric current to the fixed contact terminal and the movable contact terminal, is in a same direction as a magnetic field formed by supplying the first electric current to the coil.

2. The electromagnetic relay according to claim 1 , wherein
the first end of the movable contact spring is formed in a large part of a center in a short direction of the vertical wall of the yoke, and
the movable contact terminal is arranged at a first side of the vertical wall of the yoke in the short direction of the vertical wall of the yoke.

3. An electromagnetic relay, comprising:
a base;
an iron core around which a coil is wound;
a yoke which supports the iron core and forms a magnetic path together with the iron core;
a contact portion which is configured with a movable contact and a fixed contact between the base and the coil;
a coil terminal to which the coil is connected;
a fixed contact terminal which is inserted at the base;
a movable contact terminal which is attached to a vertical wall of the yoke; and
a movable contact spring which is attached to the vertical wall of the yoke,
wherein:
the movable contact spring supports the movable contact of the contact portion,
the movable contact spring supports the movable contact such that the movable contact is configured to contact and separate with respect to the fixed contact,
the movable contact spring has a first attaching seat attached to the vertical wall of the yoke, and an operating piece that is bent and extends from the first attaching seat to be interposed between the base and the coil,
the movable contact is attached to a front end of the operating piece,
an iron piece is installed on a surface of the operating piece at the coil side,
the operating piece is installed so that the iron piece is separated from the iron core,
when the iron core is magnetized as a first electric current is applied to the coil, the operating piece is elastically deformed, the iron piece is adhered onto the iron core, and such that the movable contact comes into contact with the fixed contact and a second electric current is supplied to the fixed contact terminal and the movable contact terminal,
the yoke has an upper wall facing the base with a certain gap therebetween, and the vertical wall of the yoke that is bent and extends in a direction approximately vertical to the upper wall,
the iron core is fixed to the upper wall and a first end of the movable contact spring, and a first end of the movable contact terminal is fixed to the vertical wall of the yoke so as to be aligned in a short direction of a direction in which the upper wall and the vertical wall of the yoke are connected of the yoke,
the movable contact terminal, comprising an external connecting portion, is molded integrally to a second attaching seat attached to the vertical wall of the yoke and the external connecting portion of the movable contact terminal that extends from the second attaching seat toward a side opposite to the yoke while interposing the base,
the first attaching seat of the movable contact spring includes a pair of first arm portions that are arranged on both sides of the vertical wall of the yoke in the short direction of the yoke and a connecting unit that extends to straddle end portions of the first arm portions at a side opposite to the base and connects the first arm portions,
the second attaching seat of the movable contact terminal is arranged inside the first attaching seat of the movable contact spring and includes a second arm portion that is positioned around one first arm portion between the pair of the first arm portions,
a first welding point, positioned between the vertical wall of the yoke and a first end of the first attaching seat, the first welding point located at one arm portion of the pair of the first arm portions,
a second welding point, positioned between the vertical wall of the yoke and a first end of the second attaching seat, the second welding point located at the second arm portion, and
a magnetic field, formed by supplying the second electric current to the fixed contact terminal and the movable contact terminal, is in a same direction as a magnetic field formed by supplying the first electric current to the coil.

Assignees

• Takahashi Toshio
• Mori Hiroyuki
• Noro Yoshiki
• Fukui Tsutomu
• Mitsuba Corp
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takahashi Toshio
• Mori Hiroyuki
• Noro Yoshiki
• Fukui Tsutomu

Classifications

• H01H50/02

  Bases; Casings; Covers (frames for mounting two or more relays or for mounting a relay and another electric component H02B1/01, H04Q1/08, H05K) · CPC title

• H01H9/047

  provided with venting means · CPC title

• H01H50/42

  Auxiliary magnetic circuits, e.g. for maintaining armature in, or returning armature to, position of rest, for damping or accelerating movement · CPC title

• H01H50/023

  Details concerning sealing, e.g. sealing casing with resin · CPC title

• H01H50/12 Primary

  Ventilating; Cooling; Heating (for operating electrothermal relays H01H61/013) · CPC title