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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric relay having a liquid metal contact and a piezoelectricity or magnetic resistance actuator. SOLUTION: In the actuator 110, a first and second fixed electrical contacts 118, 120, a droplet 122 of a first conducting liquid for coalescing to contact a fist moveable electrical contact and the first fixed electrical contact, a droplet 124 of a second conducting liquid for coalescing to contact a second moveable electrical contact and the second fixed electrical contact, and a moveable contact carrier are moved in a first direction to reduce the distance between the first moveable electrical contact and the first fixed electrical contact as well as to increase the distance between the second moveable electrical contact and the second fixed electrical contact, and are moved in a second direction to increase the distance between the first moveable electrical contact and the first fixed electrical contact, as well as to decrease the distance between the second moveable electrical contact and the second fixed electrical contact. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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