US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on March 25 for "Electromagnetic relay and electromagnetic device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,005, issued on March 25, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electromagnetic relay and electromagnetic device" was invented by Yoshimasa Kato (Mie, Japan), Yoshihide Asada (Tochigi, Japan) and Machiko Nishiyama (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electromagnetic relay includes a contact unit, an electromagnet, an armature unit, and a base. The contact unit includes a fixed contact and a movable spring including a movable contact. The armature unit is movable in accordance with excitation of the electromagnet to allow the movable contact to move between a closed position in ...