The reed switch was patented in 1941 by Walter B. Ellwood, a Bell Labs engineer. Ellwood was looking to design a cheap and easily replaceable relay unit for switching telecommunications traffic ...

We’re extremely fortunate then to live in an age in which a cheap, lightweight, and efficient solid-state switch ... relay can be wired as a buzzer, and it’s this property that a vibrating ...

In 2025, manufacturer of high performance reed relays Pickering Electronics is celebrating 55 years of industry expertise, ...