摘要 |
There is provided an electromagnetic switch wherein it is possible to improve vibration and impact resistance performance without increasing return biasing force. An electromagnetic switch includes a contact device (1) having a pair of fixed contacts (4a, 4b) fixed maintaining a predetermined interval inside an arc extinguishing chamber receptacle (3) and a movable contact (5) disposed so that it can come into contact with, and separate from, the pair of fixed contacts, and an electromagnetic device (2) having a movable plunger (13) that can move between an opened position wherein the movable contact (5) is caused to separate from the fixed contacts and a closed position wherein the movable contact is brought into contact with the fixed contacts and pressed down, wherein permanent magnets (16a, 16b), which extinguish an arc generated at an opening time when the movable contact separates from the fixed contacts from a condition in which the movable contact is in the closed position wherein it is in contact with the fixed contacts, are provided on the arc extinguishing chamber receptacle (3) and, in a condition in which the movable plunger (13) is in the opened position, there is formed a magnetic circuit (La) from the permanent magnets, returning to the permanent magnets via the movable plunger. |