Patent ID: 6946609

Claim:
For a telescopic switch having a fixed cylindrical conductor and a movable cylindrical conductor in substantial axial alignment with one another, alignment apparatus for aligning electrical contact between the movable conductor and the fixed conductor comprising: a housing about the conductors; an alignment assembly between said housing and said fixed conductor including (i) a base plate carried by said housing having a first cylindrical opening about a first geometric axis, (ii) a cylindrical inner ring having a second cylindrical opening about a second geometric axis and an outer cylindrical surface about a geometrical third axis, said second axis being offset from said third geometric axis and (iii) a cylindrical puck threadedly engaging said inner ring in said second cylindrical opening of said inner ring and having a fourth geometric axis coincident with said second geometric axis; and an insulator connected between said puck and said one fixed conductor enabling radial movement of said one conductor relative to said housing in response to threading said puck relative to said inner ring and lateral movement of said conductor in response to rotation of said inner ring and said puck relative to said base plate about said first axis.