US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Sept. 9 for "Electromagnetic relay" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,716, issued on Sept. 9, 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: "An electromagnetic relay includes: a housing including a base and a case that opens downward and is provided on the base, the housing having an internal space surrounded by the base and the case; a main fixed contact; a main moving contact that comes into contact with and separates from the main fixed contact; an auxiliary fixed contact; an auxiliary moving contact that comes into contact with and...