US Patent Issued to FCL Components on June 3 for "Relay" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,564, issued on June 3, was assigned to FCL Components Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Relay" was invented by Daishi Kitajima (Tokyo), Kazuaki Miyanaga (Tokyo) and Mitsuyoshi Mizuhashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay includes an electromagnet, a plurality of springs having contacts which open and close in accordance with operation of the electromagnet and terminals, and a base which supports the springs, wherein at least one of the plurality of springs has a locked part which is locked on the base using resilience of the spring, and the base has a lock part which locks the locked part."

The patent was filed on July 5, 2023, under Applica...