US Patent Issued to OMRON on Oct. 20 for "Electromagnetic relay to reduce a decrease in insulation between fixed terminals caused by wear particles" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,814, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electromagnetic relay to reduce a decrease in insulation between fixed terminals caused by wear particles" was invented by Hideto Yamauchi (Kyoto, Japan), Kazuhiro Tsutsui (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroki Kawarasaki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic relay includes a first fixed terminal, a second fixed terminal, a housing, a coil, and a spool. The second fixed terminal is disposed in front of the first fixed terminal and faces the first fixed terminal. The housing includes a side surface that laterally covers the first fixed terminal and the s...