Self-aligning contact assembly

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: A STATOR; AT LEAST ONE STATOR CONTACT, EACH STATOR CONTACT INCLUDING A FLEXIBLE THIN AND WIDE LEG DEFINED BY A PAIR OF LEG MEMBERS; FIRST MEANS SECURING SAID STATOR CONTACT TO SAID STATOR AT ONE END THEREOF TO PROVIDE A CONTACT WHICH IS FLEXIBLE TRANSVERSELY OF A PLANE GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID STATOR CONTACT LEGS; CONTACTING PORTIONS JOINED BY ARCHED SECTIONS TO THE FREE END OF EACH STATOR CONTACT LEG MEMBR; SECOND MEANS SECURING THE LEG MEMBERS OF EACH STATOR CONTACT TO ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN SAID FIRST MEANS AND SAID ARCHED SECTIONS TO URGE THE CONTACTING PORTIONS OF THE STATOR CONTACTS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER; A ROTOR; AT LEAST ONE ROTOR CONTACT CARRIED BY SAID ROTOR, SAID ROTOR CONTACT HAVING A CONTACTING PORTION THAT IS MOVABLE ALONG A PATH GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID STATOR CONTACT LEG BETWEEN SAID CONTACTING PORTIONS TO MOVE INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTACTING PORTIONS OF AT LEAST ONE STATOR CONTACT UPON ROTATION OF SAID ROTOR, AND SAID SECOND MEANS URGING SAID STATOR CONTACT CONTACTING PORTIONS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTACTING PORTIONS OF SAID ROTOR CONTACTS WITH A PREDETERMINED FORCE, AND THE FLEXIBILITY OF SAID STATOR CONTACT MEMBERS ALLOWING SAID ROTOR CONTACTS TO MOVE INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STATOR CONTACTS REGARDLESS OF SLIGHT MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE ROTOR CONTACTS AND THE STATOR CONTACTS.