US Patent Issued to OMRON on April 7 for "Electromagnetic relay" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,576, issued on April 7, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electromagnetic relay" was invented by Takashi Tsukada (Kyoto, Japan), Takeshi Nishida (Kyoto, Japan), Kazuki Furukawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Naoki Kawaguchi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic relay includes a first fixed terminal, a base, and a magnet. The first fixed terminal includes a first fixed contact. The base holds the first fixed terminal. The base includes a magnet insertion hole disposed in a vicinity of the first fixed contact. The magnet insertion hole has an opening opened toward the first fixed terminal. The magnet is dispose...