ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,058, issued on Aug. 5, 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 movable contact piece, a drive shaft, a spacer, a contact spring, and a stopper. The drive shaft is positioned apart from the movable contact piece in a second direction from the first fixed contact toward the first movable contact. The drive shaft includes a shaft portion and a flange portion projecting from the shaft portion. The spacer is positioned between the movable contact piece and the drive shaf...