Patent ID: 11920637
Assignee: AWC FRAC VALVES, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
disposing a first shaft and a second shaft in an end to end arrangement;
coupling the first shaft to the second shaft via a stem connector assembly and a plurality of shear components that engage the stem connector assembly and partially recess into the first shaft or the second shaft; and
independently aligning the first shaft and the second shaft while transmitting torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading through the plurality of shear components;
wherein the coupling step further comprises:
positioning a sleeve over the end to end arrangement of the first shaft and the second shaft;
coupling the sleeve to the first shaft via a first opposing pair of fasteners, each of the first opposing pair of fasteners comprising one of the plurality of shear components; and
coupling the sleeve to the second shaft via a second opposing pair of fasteners, each of the second opposing pair of fasteners comprising one of the plurality of shear components;

wherein each fastener of the first opposing pair of fasteners further comprises a threaded portion that threads into the first shaft;
wherein each fastener of the second opposing pair of fasteners further comprises a threaded portion that threads into the second shaft; and
the torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading is not transmitted through the threaded portions.