ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,968, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FCL Components Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Relay with an electromagnet and moveable contact that operates corresponding to activation of the electromagnet" was invented by Takuji Murakoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base of a relay has a leg extending in a contact/separation direction between contacts, and the leg is configured to come into contact with a yoke when the base is incorporated into a case. The leg is spaced away from an upper part of an armature by a distance. This distance is determined so that an upper surface of the armature does not come into contact with the leg in a normal op...