Patent ID: 8008587

Claim:
A spring guide for a carrier assembly including a carrier body, a plurality of movable contact arms pivotably coupled to said carrier body, and a plurality of contact springs, each of said contact springs being disposed between a portion of said carrier body and a corresponding number of said movable contact arms, said spring guide comprising: a guide member structured to maintain alignment between a corresponding one of said contact springs of said carrier assembly and said corresponding number of said movable contact arms, said guide member comprising a first side and a second side disposed opposite the first side, the first side being structured to engage at least one of said corresponding number of movable contact arms, the second side being structured to cooperate with said corresponding one of said contact springs, wherein said guide member is structured to be biased by said corresponding one of said contact springs, thereby pivotably biasing said corresponding number of movable contact arms with respect to said carrier body.