US Patent Issued to OMRON on Jan. 20 for "Electromagnetic relay" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,197, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electromagnetic relay" was invented by Ayata Horie (Kyoto, Japan), Ryota Minowa (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinichi Ogawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic relay includes a first fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a contact case, a magnet, and a magnet holding member. The first fixed terminal includes a first fixed contact. The movable contact piece includes a first movable contact disposed to face the first fixed contact. The contact case includes a first fixed contact and a movable contact piece. The magnet generates a magnetic field in...