US Patent Issued to OMRON on Sept. 8 for "Electromagnetic relay" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,744, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact, a fixed terminal, a movable contact, a movable contact piece, and a housing. The fixed terminal includes an outer terminal portion and a contact support portion. The housing includes a body, a cover, an adhesive, and a support portion. The body has an opening. The cover closes the opening. The adhesive bonds the body to the cover. The support portion protrudes laterally from the body. Th...