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EP3185273A1
EP3185273A1 EP16205806.9A EP16205806A EP3185273A1 EP 3185273 A1 EP3185273 A1 EP 3185273A1 EP 16205806 A EP16205806 A EP 16205806A EP 3185273 A1 EP3185273 A1 EP 3185273A1
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Guruprasad Sosale
Günther MECHLER
Veronica BIAGINI
Adrian Hozoi
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H51/00—Electromagnetic relays
    • H01H51/22—Polarised relays
    • H01H51/2272—Polarised relays comprising rockable armature, rocking movement around central axis parallel to the main plane of the armature
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H51/00—Electromagnetic relays
    • H01H51/27—Relays with armature having two stable magnetic states and operated by change from one state to the other
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H50/00—Details of electromagnetic relays
    • H01H50/16—Magnetic circuit arrangements
    • H01H50/18—Movable parts of magnetic circuits, e.g. armature
    • H01H50/20—Movable parts of magnetic circuits, e.g. armature movable inside coil and substantially lengthwise with respect to axis thereof; movable coaxially with respect to coil
    • H01H50/22—Movable parts of magnetic circuits, e.g. armature movable inside coil and substantially lengthwise with respect to axis thereof; movable coaxially with respect to coil wherein the magnetic circuit is substantially closed
    • H01H2050/225—Movable parts of magnetic circuits, e.g. armature movable inside coil and substantially lengthwise with respect to axis thereof; movable coaxially with respect to coil wherein the magnetic circuit is substantially closed with yoke and armature formed by identical stacked laminates, e.g. punched in one and the same tool
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H51/00—Electromagnetic relays
    • H01H51/22—Polarised relays
    • H01H51/2209—Polarised relays with rectilinearly movable armature
    • H01H2051/2218—Polarised relays with rectilinearly movable armature having at least one movable permanent magnet

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  • This invention deals with a bi-stable electromagnetic relay that features two stable latch positions and features contacts able to handle currents and voltages in excess of 1 A and/or 100 V respectively. While in a latched position, one or more sets of electrical contacts is/are closed or open thereby allowing to be used for control or signaling purposes.
  • the relay can remain in any of the latched positions for an undetermined time period without needing to apply an electrical signal, however, the relay can be switched from one latch position to the other latch position by applying an electrical signal pulse to its winding, generally a current pulse.
  • Such devices are commonly known as bi-stable relays or latching relays and are widely employed in electrical circuits and in apparatus such as electronic overload relays, circuit breakers, protective relays, motor starters and motor controllers.
  • each latched or stable position is achieved by holding a moveable armature against a magnetic core through a clamping magnetic force.
  • the magnetic force is typically produced by deriving magnetic flux from one or two permanent magnets and channeling it to the latch surface between the armature and the magnetic core.
  • the resulting magnetic force at one latch surface is then proportional to the effective magnetic area of the latch surface and to the square value of the magnetic flux density.
  • bi-stable relays involve an armature comprising one or two permanent magnet(s) and two flux guides mounted onto a frame able to rotate around an axis such that the ends of the flux guides can come in contact to a magnetic core, as also described in EP 0 974 155 B1 .
  • the magnetic core and the rotation axis of the armature are fixed with respect to an appropriate supporting structure.
  • the armature features two possible stable positions where the flux guides come in contact or almost in contact to the magnetic core.
  • the armature may also contain two springs and two contact bridges such that each spring is pre-compressed by a contact bridge.
  • Each contact bridge is arranged such that it closes a set of electrical contacts provided on a supporting structure in each bi-stable position of the relay.
  • Such contacts arrangements are also described in EP 0 974 155 B1 or DE 10 2009 043 105 A1 . They are able to operate with currents and voltages well in excess of 1 A and 100 V respectively.
  • the magnetic core is provided with an electrical winding to enable the generation of an excitation magnetic flux within the core by circulating a current through the winding.
  • the direction of the excitation magnetic flux can be controlled by controlling the polarity of the current trough a single winding or by using two windings wound in opposite direction. Switching between the two bi-stable positions of the relay is achieved by generating an excitation magnetic flux opposing the latching flux such that the holding torque is significantly reduced or nulled.
  • the armature starts then rotating towards the other latching position helped by the spring compressing the contacts and eventually by some electromagnetic force coming from the excitation magnetic flux.
  • a short current pulse is sufficient to complete switching of the bi-stable relay and may be comprised between 2 ms and 50 ms.
  • the springs have two roles: to exert a suitable contact pressure in the latched state and to help initiating the motion of the armature when switching.
  • the minimum contact pressure is dictated by the current carrying capabilities of the contacts.
  • the holding torque exerted on the armature must exceed with some margin the torque resulting from the force of the spring acting on the engaged contact in order to withstand vibration and shock.
  • the main qualities of a bi-stable relay are given by cost, vibration withstand, shock withstand, and energy consumption.
  • Lower energy consumption not only reduces the operation cost but also allows reducing the integration cost of the bi-stable relay by scaling down the energy source and the electrical circuit needed to drive a current through its winding(s).
  • the saturation magnetic induction B s of the magnetic core and of the flux guides is a critical parameter as the clamping magnetic force is proportional to the square of the magnetic induction, also called magnetic flux density, at the latch surface. A good design would therefore strive to maximize the value of the magnetic induction at the latch surface, and materials with high saturation magnetic induction are thus preferred.
  • the core and the flux guides should ideally provide high magnetic permeability such that the magnetic flux is efficiently channeled through the magnetic circuit at the latch surface. In this way, the leakage of the magnetic flux outside the magnetic circuit is minimized and the energy efficiency of the relay is maximized.
  • Bi-stable electromagnetic relays typically feature switching times in the order of several milliseconds, which is fast enough to generate very high eddy currents in the magnetic core and in the flux guides.
  • the eddy currents may waste a very large amount of the electromagnetic energy employed to switch the relay and they increase rapidly with the frequency of the magnetic flux and with the thickness and electrical conductivity of the parts employed in the construction of the magnetic core and of the flux guides. Eddy currents cause a slower increase of the magnetic induction value in the magnetic circuit and they typically require increasing the magnitude and the duration of the signal pulse employed to switch the relay. They imply low energy efficiency and slow operating time. The losses caused by eddy currents may reach well beyond 50% of the total electromagnetic energy generated in the magnetic circuit of the relay during one switching operation. It is thus highly beneficial to employ materials with low thickness and high electrical resistivity for the parts conducting the magnetic flux. The optimum properties of the parts used for constructing the magnetic core and the flux guides of the bi-stable relay can thus be resumed as: high saturation magnetic induction, high magnetic permeability, high resistivity, and low thickness.
  • the bi-stable relays known from prior art employ magnetic cores and flux guides fabricated from materials such as low carbon steels. Most commonly employed materials are mild steels grades like AISI 1006, AISI 1008, AISI 1010 or various structural steels. They are relatively cheap, are available in many different forms such as strip, bar, and bulk, and can be processed using common mechanical processing techniques such as stamping, cutting, machining, and bending. However, their magnetic properties such as saturation magnetic induction, magnetic permeability, and electrical resistivity are limited and prone to wide variations as they are not supplied with guaranteed values.
  • the saturation magnetic induction B s of mild steels is typically comprised between 1.5 T to 1.6 T for magnetic field intensity values around 5000 A/m, without being guaranteed.
  • the maximum relative permeability of mild steels measured in DC conditions is typically comprised between 1000 and 2000 also without being guaranteed.
  • the saturation magnetic induction and the permeability also depend on the processing of the material and stress-relief annealing is recommended to be performed in order to achieve best results, however, annealing procedures for optimizing the magnetic properties of mild steels are not described by any available standard. Actually, stress-relief annealing of relay parts manufactured from mild steels is most often not performed.
  • the electrical resistivity of mild steels is commonly small at around 0.15 ⁇ m resulting in high eddy currents and related electromagnetic losses.
  • bi-stable relays known from the art must deal with moderate magnetic and electrical properties of the materials employed for the magnetic core and for the flux guides. Moreover, the magnetic and electrical properties of materials such as mild steels are prone to large variations as they are not guaranteed by the manufacturers or applicable standards.
  • the common design approach typically employed to handle these issues has been to oversize the electromagnetic components of the bi-stable relay such as the core, the flux guides, the permanent magnet, and the windings. Oversizing the magnetic cross-section of the core requires increasing the circumference of the electrical windings applied to the core and cause larger length, resistance, and mass of wire which is usually made of copper, resulting in higher cost and electrical losses. Oversizing the magnetic core and the flux guides may also increase the electromagnetic losses caused by eddy currents.
  • the electrical efficiency of bi-stable relays employing materials with moderate magnetic and electrical properties is poor and oversizing the design makes it even worse.
  • the standard IEC60404-8-10 describes low carbon steels to be used in electrical relays. They contain less than 0.5 % silicon and are available up to large thickness, however, the only specified magnetic property is the coercivity.
  • the low carbon steels described in IEC60404-8-10 are similar to mild steels such as structural steels and may feature somehow superior magnetic properties. However, their magnetic and electrical properties are still not comprehensively guaranteed for optimum use in bi-stable relays.
  • the objective is achieved by a bi-stable relay according to claim 1. So the flux guides are symmetrically or almost symmetrically arranged with respect to the rotation axis, and the flux guides and the magnetic core feature a planar layout, and the major plane of the flux guides is positioned perpendicular to the major plane of the magnetic core, and the flux guides and the magnetic core are made from one or more laminations being stacked together, and the center of mass of the frame is approximately located on the rotation axis.
  • the laminations composing the flux guides and the magnetic core are made from strips or sheets of electrical steel with silicon content between 0.5% and 7%.
  • the flux guides are C-shaped or arc shaped such that the plane of the C-shape or of the arc shape is in the plane of the electrical steel strip or sheet.
  • the flux guides are provided with at least one chamfer near the contact surface between the flux guides and the core.
  • the latch surface between the flux guides and the core is rectangular such that the ratio between the long edge to the short edge of the rectangle is smaller than 1.6.
  • the flux guides and/or the magnetic core are made from cold-rolled electrical steel strips or sheets which have the thickness comprised between 0.1 mm and 1 mm and are provided with an electrically insulating layer.
  • the permanent magnet or magnets is/are mounted such that they partly overlap with the flux guides to result in direct contact or a very small air gap between the magnet(s) and the flux guides.
  • the ends of the magnetic core are rigidly inserted into holes provided into the supporting structure and the width of the core features at least one step near the inserted ends to limit the insertion depth, and where the cross-section profile of the insertion holes present recessed and/or protruded regions to enable smooth and precise mounting of the core to the supporting structure by press fit.
  • a pivot pin and a bearing hole enabling free rotation motion of the armature with respect to the supporting structure and where the pivot pin is provided with a stopper such as a collar or a bump to prevent free translation motion between the pivot pin and the bearing hole or separation of the two.
  • the pivot pin is part of the supporting structure or is a separate part having one of its end rigidly inserted into a hole provided in the supporting structure and where the pivot pin passes through a bearing hole provided in the armature such that the armature can freely rotate around the pivot pin.
  • the pivot pin is part of the armature frame or is a separate part having one of its end rigidly inserted into a hole provided into the armature frame and where the pivot pin passes through a bearing hole provided in the supporting structure such that the pin can freely rotate inside the bearing hole.
  • pivot pin is a separate part and its diameter is smaller around the rigidly inserted end than around the bearing region and where the pivot pin is preferably made of metal such as brass.
  • the core laminations are cut or stamped from electrical steel strips or sheets such that the longest dimension of the laminations is aligned along the rolling direction of the material.
  • the flux guide laminations are cut or stamped from electrical steel strips or sheets such that the direction of the latching surface is aligned perpendicularly to the rolling direction of the material.
  • the armature comprises two magnets mounted on the sides of the pivot pin in a symmetric arrangement.
  • the armature comprises a single magnet with a hole through its center mounted such that the pivot pin passes through the hole in the magnet.
  • the frame of the armature is provided with clips to retain all or some of the components mounted to the frame.
  • the magnet(s) and the flux guides are mounted to the frame of the armature from opposing sides such that the magnetic force exerted between the magnet(s) and the flux guides keep them firmly into position.
  • the electrical winding is provided on one or two bobbins being mounted onto the core and including suitable terminals for electrical connections.
  • the supporting structure comprises two sets of electrical contacts and the armature comprises two contact bridges.
  • the frame of the armature and the supporting structure are made by molding from a polymer based material, such as polyamide, which may also include non-organic fillers such as glass fiber in concentrations greater than or equal to 10%.
  • the supporting structure is the housing of the relay.
  • Figure 1 shows a bistable relay with rotating armature housing magnets 66 about a center of rotation 16 and mechanical flux guides 62, 64 that latch onto a U shaped core with extensions 72 and 70.
  • the latching contacts 22 and 20 are held in place with springs 48, 58 that rotate with the armature.
  • a large extension/ lever arm protrudes from the armature. No attention is given to the nature of the flux guides or the center of mass.
  • the invention describes a switch mechanism suitable for bi-stable relays and featuring a novel design of the magnetic circuit where the magnetic core and the flux guides feature a planar layout and are arranged such that the major plane of the flux guides is positioned perpendicular to the major plane of the magnetic core.
  • Figure 2 shows an overview of an electromagnetic bistable relay 1 as described by this invention disclosure.
  • the three-dimensional view shows auxiliary contacts 2, 3 and a driving coil 4, the latching core 5 and the contact bridge 6.
  • the switch mechanism comprises a supporting structure carrying at least one set of electrical contacts with the contact bridge 6, the U-shaped magnetic latching core 5 provided with electrical winding, and an armature provided with means to pivot around a rotation axis and where the said armature comprises a frame supporting two springs, at least the one contact bridge 6, one or more permanent magnets 8, and two flux guides 7, see figure 3 .
  • Figure 3 shows an isolated view of core 5, flux guides 7, magnets 8 and shaft 9.
  • the core 5 and flux guides 7 are made of one or more laminations and arranged with the major plane perpendicular to one another.
  • the core 5 is also designed such that the longest sections are along the rolling direction due to the enhanced magnetic properties.
  • Figure 3a shows a top view, figure 3b as viewed from the cross section of the core 5.
  • Figure 4 shows a C or arc shaped flux guide 7. This is intended to be used with the switching mechanism shown in figure 2 .
  • the in plane dimensions are adjusted to ensure that saturation occurs at the gaps.
  • Figure 4a shows a top view.
  • the ratio of the cross sectional dimensions in the portions Y and X is greater than or equal to 1.6:1.
  • Dimensions are adjusted to account for variation in magnetic properties due to the rolling direction, indicated by the arrow R.
  • Figure 4b shows a zoom view of chamfered edges 11 beside the latching or contact surface 12 that have an angle up 50° to the horizontal.
  • Figure 4c shows a 3D view showing a square cross section of latching surface 12 .
  • Figure 5 shows the mounting of magnets 8 on the flux guides 7 and the symmetry about a hole in the center.
  • Figure 5a shows the use of two equal magnets 8 on either side of a center shaft (not shown).
  • Figure 5b shows the use of a magnet 8a with the hole.
  • the magnets 8, 8a are mounted in a manner such that the magnet 8, 8a partially overlaps both flux guides 7.
  • the polarization of the magnets 8, 8a is in the direction that links one flux guide 7 to the other.
  • Figure 6 shows a round shaft 9 with head section 13 to hold the relay in place, middle section 14 to provide a bearing surface, and a base section 15 of decreasing diameter that is pushed in the housing for its respective functions.
  • the flux guides are symmetrically or almost symmetrically arranged with respect to the rotation axis.
  • the flux guides and the magnetic core feature a planar layout.
  • the major plane of the flux guides is positioned perpendicular to the major plane of the magnetic core.
  • the flux guides and the magnetic core are made from one or more laminations being stacked together.
  • the center of mass of the frame is approximately located on the rotation axis.
  • the switch mechanism as shown in the figures 2 to 6 may feature one or more contact bridges, however, two contact bridges 6 may often be preferred as it allows balancing the mechanical design and offering normally closed and normally open contacts.
  • the permanent magnet 8, 8a is preferably placed in close proximity of the flux guides 7 such that optimum magnetic coupling is achieved and a symmetric arrangement of the magnet 5 with respect to the two flux guides 7 would typically be preferred.
  • the planar design of the magnetic core 5 and the flux guides 7 feature manifold advantages going from practical fabrication to device scalability and excellent energy efficiency.
  • the arrangement allows precise and cost efficient fabrication of the magnetic core 5 and/or flux guides 7 from metallic sheets using well established processes such as stamping or precision stamping. Other cutting techniques such as laser cutting are also possible.
  • the magnetic core 5 and the flux guides 7 can be built from single laminations or from a stack of multiple laminations allowing easily scaling the design according to the switching and reliability needs. Due to the planar design it is not necessary to perform any bending of the magnetic core 5 or of the flux guides 7, which allows eliminating manufacturing steps and avoids the degradation of the magnetic properties caused by mechanical stresses and strains induced during bending. Optimum magnetic properties of the materials can thus be maintained leading to better performance of the switching mechanism.
  • the planar design allows employing electrical steels such as silicon steels featuring superior magnetic and electrical performance and being available in sheet and strip form.
  • Silicon steels are electrical steels with silicon content between 0.5% and 7% and provide reduced magnetostriction, significantly higher magnetic permeability and higher resistivity than mild steels.
  • the resistivity of silicon steels increases with the silicon content ranging approximately from 0.2 ⁇ m to 0.9 ⁇ m, as compared to around 0.15 ⁇ m for mild steels.
  • the higher resistivity of silicon steels compared to mild steels results in drastic reduction of the electromagnetic losses caused by eddy currents in bi-stable switch mechanisms, up to several times lower. Reducing the electromagnetic losses caused by eddy currents results in faster switching operation and in lower magnetic field intensity required to perform the switch operation. This means that the current pulse required to energize the winding of the core in order to perform the switch operation can feature lower time duration and lower magnitude resulting in much lower energy consumption and higher operating efficiency of the relay.
  • Silicon steels are usually available with guaranteed magnetic properties and electrical resistivity and allow thus better optimizing the design of bi-stable relays. Silicon steels are most commonly available in sheets and strips but other forms, such as bars, are also possible as for example the Class C alloys covered in the standard IEC60404-8-6. In order to minimize eddy currents it is preferred to use thin laminations produced from sheets and strips. If necessary, more laminations may be stacked in order to reach thicker assembles for the magnetic core and/or for the flux guides, in which case it is beneficial to provide a thin electrically insulating layer between the laminations in order to reduce the eddy currents. Silicon steel sheets and strips provided with thin insulating layers are being widely employed for manufacturing electrical motors, generators, and transformers.
  • cold-rolled electrical steels these materials are the most widely available processed silicon steels and can be grain-oriented or non-oriented.
  • the magnetic properties of cold-rolled electrical steels are better along the rolling direction, especially for the grain-oriented materials.
  • the saturation magnetic induction B s at a magnetic field of 5000 A/m ranges between 1.7 T and 2.0 T.
  • the relatively high saturation induction of cold-rolled electrical steels allows achieving higher clamping forces and building more efficient devices.
  • the thickness of the cold-rolled electrical steels sheets is typically comprised between 0.05 mm and 1.0 mm. The small thickness of the sheets is very advantageous for reducing the losses caused by eddy currents but it is not compatible with traditional designs of bistable relays.
  • planar design of the magnetic core 5 and of the flux guides 7 described in this invention overcomes the limitations of traditional solutions and makes optimum use of the enhanced magnetic and electrical properties of cold-rolled electrical steels.
  • the losses caused by eddy currents are reduced both by providing a material with much higher resistivity and also by reducing the thickness of the laminations.
  • the magnetic properties such as the saturation magnetic induction and the magnetic permeability are enhanced resulting in higher clamping forces and lower flux leakage. It is thus possible to drastically reduce the operation energy of the bi-stable switching mechanism, but also to reduce its size and mass and to improve its reliability, e.g. by providing faster switching time and/or better vibration and shock withstand.
  • the magnetic core 5 and flux guides 7 consist of one or more laminations, see figure 3 , with the components fabricated in plane by standard manufacturing processes such as stamping. It is convenient to design the flux guides 7 such that their ends come in close vicinity to the magnetic core 5 in order to minimize the air gaps between the flux guides 7 and the core 5 leading to lower reluctance and better efficiency of the magnetic assembly. However, it is beneficial to increase the separation between the body of the flux guides 7 and the magnetic core 5 in order to reduce the magnetic flux leaking between the body of the flux guides 7 and the core 5.
  • the magnetic flux shall be concentrated at the ends of the flux guides 7 such that the magnetic force between the flux guides and the magnetic core is maximized.
  • the magnetic flux leaking between the body of the flux guides and the magnetic core does not contribute efficiently to support the desired magnetic force during latching or switching operation and decreases the magnetic efficiency of the assembly. It is thus desired to minimize the leakage flux and maximize the magnetic flux guided through the ends of the flux guides and the magnetic induction achieved at and near the latching surface.
  • flux guides 7 which are C-shaped or arc shaped such that the plane of the C-shape or of the arc shape is in the plane of the electrical steel strip or sheet, as shown in Figure 3 .
  • the latching surface of the flux guide is used here to refer to the surface of the flux guide which is designed to come in contact or almost in contact to the magnetic core in a latched position.
  • the ends of the flux guides may feature chamfers 11 on one or both sides with angles up to 50° from the latching surface 12. These chamfers 11 serve to concentrate the magnetic flux at the latching surface 12 of the flux guide 7 and maximize the value of the magnetic induction, resulting in increased latching force and efficiency of the relay.
  • the invention described here incorporates flux guides 7 with almost square cross section at the latching surface 12 which provides an approximately uniform distribution of the magnetic flux over the latching area.
  • the almost uniform distribution of the magnetic flux allows maximizing the magnetic flux per unit area allowing further boosting the efficiency of the relay.
  • Electrical steel strips typically feature better magnetic properties along a preferred direction, which for example, is given by the rolling direction in cold-rolled electrical steel strips.
  • the enhanced magnetic properties along the preferred direction of the electrical strip can be employed to boost the performance of the relay such as improving the efficiency and the clamping force.
  • This is achieved by judiciously orienting the laminations employed to fabricate the magnetic core and the flux guides with respect to the preferred magnetic direction of the electrical steel strips.
  • the magnetic reluctance and the magnetic losses of the core are decreased by orienting the core lamination(s) such that the longest dimension of the laminations is aligned along the preferred magnetic direction of the strips.
  • the optimum orientation of the laminations employed in the flux guides shall be selected with respect to the latching surface.
  • the magnetic induction at the latching surface is maximized by orienting the flux guide laminations such that the latching surface is almost orthogonal to the preferred magnetic direction of the electrical steel strips. In this way it can be ensured that clamping force and the efficiency of the relay are maximized.
  • the magnetic flux is generated by one or more permanent magnets 8, 8a mounted between the flux guides 7, as shown for example in Figure 5 .
  • a unique feature of the inventive design is that the magnets 8, 8a are positioned on one side of the flux guides 7 so as to create a partially overlap not exceeding 40% of the width of the flux guide 7.
  • the permanent magnet(s) are positioned in close vicinity to the flux guides 7 and may come in contact with the flux guides 7 or be separated by a small gap.
  • This approach has the advantages of better flux coupling, reduction of errors due to tolerances, as the magnets 8, 8a sit close and overlap with the flux guides 7.
  • this arrangement increases the reliability of the relay body as the flux guides 7 are also held in place on the relay body by attractive forces exerted by the permanent magnets 8, 8a. This reduces the requirements on the mechanical fixations for the flux guides and/or for the permanent magnet(s) resulting in easier and cheaper construction of the relay..
  • the design according to the invention as shown here in the figures incorporates a hole through the center of mass of the relay body which acts as the bearing surface for a shaft 9 that fixes the axis of rotation, see figure 5 .
  • the careful selection of the center of mass as the axis of rotation greatly increases the reliability and resistance to the relay accidentally unlatching due to mechanical shock or vibration.
  • the flux guides 7 are either symmetrically mounted around the center of mass with a single magnet 8a that has a hole through the center or with two separate, equivalent, magnets 8 with the hole passing symmetrically between the two magnets 8.
  • the shaft 9 has a head 13, middle and base section 14, 15, see Figure 6 .
  • the head 13 is designed to hold the relay in place and minimize motion along the shaft; while the middle section 14 provides a low fiction rotation surface.
  • the base section 15 ensures that the shaft 9 is held in the housing at a specific position to prevent a compressive load on the relay from the remainder of the assembly.
  • the novel design presented in this invention allows maximizing the magnetic forces and the efficiency of bi-stable relays by employing an improved construction of the relay and superior magnetic materials such as electrical steels.
  • This approach allows reducing the size of the magnetic parts involved in the construction of the relay resulting in lower cost, faster switching operation, and improved withstand of vibrations and shock due to the lower mass of the components.
  • the reduced size of the magnetic core 5 allows to significantly reduce the size and the resistance of the electrical windings allowing to save on expensive wire material, usually copper, and to further improve the efficiency of the relay.

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