The utility model discloses a thermal
relay and a combined structure of the thermal
relay and a
contactor. A rear cover plate; the penetrating pipes are fixed and arranged on the outer wall face of the rear cover plate in a protruding mode, the rod type terminals are arranged in the penetrating pipes in a penetrating mode, one ends of the rod type terminals are connected with the thermal
tripping mechanism, and the other ends of the rod type terminals are located outside the penetrating pipes; the lower buckles are fixedly arranged on the outer wall face of the rear cover plate at intervals, the lower buckles and the penetrating pipes are located at the two ends of the rear cover plate in the length direction respectively, and buckling parts buckled with the ends of the lower buckles are arranged on a shell of the
contactor; when the rod type terminal is connected with a wiring terminal of the
contactor and the lower buckle is buckled with the buckling part, the penetrating
pipe is in contact with the contactor shell, and the penetrating
pipe and the lower buckle support the rear cover plate at the same time, so that a connection gap is kept between the rear cover plate and the contactor shell, and the connection gap is used for heat dissipation of the thermal
relay. The strength of the connection structure between the combined thermal relay and the contactor is improved, heat dissipation of the thermal relay is facilitated, and action response and reset time of the thermal relay are ensured to accord with set parameters.