ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,515, issued on July 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electromagnetic relay" was invented by Akihiro Okuda (Mie, Japan) and Machiko Nishiyama (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A main fixed contact and a main moving contact are disposed on the front side of a coil, and an auxiliary fixed contact and an auxiliary moving contact are arranged above the coil in a housing. An auxiliary contact terminal includes an upper piece extending above the coil and provided with the auxiliary fixed contact or the auxiliary moving contact, a side piece connected to the upper piece and ext...