An electromagnetic contactor to open and close a contact formed by a movable contact and a fixed contact. The electromagnetic contactor includes an arc extinguishing cover having a shape in which a center portion is concaved with respect to an edge portion in a first direction and in which faces having a same height as the center portion continue in a second direction crossing the first direction; and an operation indicating piece arranged at an end of the movable contactor, to indicate a contact state of the contact by projecting from the center portion of the arc extinguishing cover or by being embedded therein. A step between the edge portion and the center portion of the arc extinguishing cover is equal to or larger than a projecting amount of the operation indicating piece that projects from the center portion of the arc extinguishing cover.

The present invention is directed to switch device disposed in a housing with a back body portion, the device includes a switch actuator having a user-accessible surface, the user accessible surface includes an indicator element and an interior channel optically coupled to the indicator element. A light emitting portion is disposed within the interior channel and optically coupled to the indicator element so that the interior channel moves relative to the light emitting portion when the switch actuator moves between the first actuator position and the second actuator position. The light emitting portion is optically coupled to the indicator element when the interior channel moves relative to the lighting portion. A modular lighting assembly is removably coupled to the back body portion at a fixed position so that a light emitting portion of the modular lighting assembly is disposed within the interior channel and optically coupled to the indicator element.

The present invention is directed to switch device disposed in a housing with a back body portion, the device includes a switch actuator having a user-accessible surface, the user accessible surface includes an indicator element and an interior channel optically coupled to the indicator element. A light emitting portion is disposed within the interior channel and optically coupled to the indicator element so that the interior channel moves relative to the light emitting portion when the switch actuator moves between the first actuator position and the second actuator position. The light emitting portion is optically coupled to the indicator element when the interior channel moves relative to the lighting portion. A modular lighting assembly is removably coupled to the back body portion at a fixed position so that a light emitting portion of the modular lighting assembly is disposed within the interior channel and optically coupled to the indicator element.

A method for determining contact thickness change in a contactor includes sensing a first displacement distance moved by an armature of the contactor from a reference location to a first transition point during a switch-off operation of the contactor at a first contactor life reference time when movable contacts and fixed contacts of the contactor define a first contact thickness. The method further includes sensing a second displacement distance moved by the armature from the reference location to a second transition point during a switch-off operation at a second contactor life reference time that is after the first contactor life reference time when the movable and fixed contacts define a second contact thickness that is less than the first contact thickness. The first displacement distance and the second displacement distance are used to determine a contact thickness change between the first contact thickness and the second contact thickness. A contactor adapted to implement the method is also disclosed.

A magnetic latching relay with a microswitch, including an insulation case and a microswitch, the insulation case is formed by a base and a cover being fixedly connected, an armature assembly is pivotally connected on the base, the base is provided with an assembly zone for accommodating the microswitch at a position close to the armature assembly, the housing of the microswitch is abutted on the bottom of the assembly zone and is positioned by the assembly zone, a portion of the housing close to the armature assembly is suspended, the space below the portion gives way to the movement of the armature assembly and/or the push card, the cover is pressed the housing; the armature assembly is provided with a pressure rod extending toward the cover, and the pressure rod is pressed or released a trigger spring sheet of the microswitch when the armature assembly is rotated.

A magnetic latching relay with a microswitch, including an insulation case and a microswitch, the insulation case is formed by a base and a cover being fixedly connected, an armature assembly is pivotally connected on the base, the base is provided with an assembly zone for accommodating the microswitch at a position close to the armature assembly, the housing of the microswitch is abutted on the bottom of the assembly zone and is positioned by the assembly zone, a portion of the housing close to the armature assembly is suspended, the space below the portion gives way to the movement of the armature assembly and/or the push card, the cover is pressed the housing; the armature assembly is provided with a pressure rod extending toward the cover, and the pressure rod is pressed or released a trigger spring sheet of the microswitch when the armature assembly is rotated.

Systems and methods for a battery separator system integrating a DC contactor (solenoid) plus control electronics and all required interconnects into a single sealed enclosure for the purpose of selectively connecting and disconnecting a main and auxiliary battery under predetermined conditions. Battery monitoring and control includes programmable time delays that immunize the system from reacting to transient conditions as well as monitoring for and correcting unintended states and disabling operation when voltage conditions fall outside of prescribed limits.

A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The method of controlling the vehicle includes detecting, by an excitation voltage computational measuring device, an excitation voltage applied to an excitation coil of a relay provided to regulate power supply of a battery; calculating, by a logical determination device, a temperature of the relay based on the excitation voltage; and calculating, by the logical determination device, a remaining life of the relay based on the calculated temperature of the relay.

A high-voltage DC relay of the present disclosure, including a housing, two main lead-out terminals, a main movable piece and a pushing rod component; and the relay further including two auxiliary lead-out terminals, an auxiliary movable spring, and an insulating partition plate, the insulating partition plate is disposed in a vertical plane on a side of the main movable piece, the auxiliary movable spring is on a side of the insulating partition plate opposite the main movable piece, and is disposed along the vertical direction, the insulating partition plate is configured to completely isolate the main movable piece and the auxiliary movable spring; the auxiliary movable spring is insulated from the movable assembly and fixed to the movable assembly through the insulating partition plate, so as to follow a movement of the movable assembly to achieve bridging with the two auxiliary lead-out terminals.

The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device including a housing assembly with a cover assembly, a back body member, and a plurality of line terminals, feed-through load terminals, and receptacle load terminals; a fault protection circuit disposed in the back body and substantially disposed on at least one printed circuit board, and being configured to provide a fault detection stimulus in response to detecting at least one type of predetermined fault condition, the fault detection stimulus decoupling a reset pin from a latching element, the reset pin being coupled to the latching element in response to a reset stimulus; and a circuit interrupter disposed inside the housing including a latch block assembly with an upper latch block and being moveable between a first state in response to the reset stimulus and a second state in response to the fault detection stimulus, wherein the reset pin is positioned through the upper latch block, and the upper latch block is configured to drive the circuit interrupter only in a single direction to decouple the plurality of terminals to the second state.