A canted-coiled spring assembly (146) is provided which includes a plurality of coils canted along a centerline thereof with primary loading means (156) for compressing the plurality of coils generally along a major, or minor, axis thereof. The plurality of coils have a specific primary loading-deflection characteristic along the primary loading direction and the secondary loading means (152) are provided for defining the specific primary load-deflection characteristics.
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