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

Claim 5:
6. A method comprising:
disposing a first shaft and a second shaft in an end to end arrangement;
positioning a sleeve over the end to end arrangement;
coupling the sleeve to the first shaft and to the second shaft via a plurality of fasteners, each fastener comprising a shear component that engages the sleeve and partially recesses into the first shaft or the second shaft;
allowing the sleeve to self adjust the alignment between the first shaft and the second shaft while transmitting torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading through the shear components of the plurality of fasteners;
retaining the plurality of fasteners within the first shaft via one or more retaining mechanisms; and
retaining the plurality of fasteners within the second shaft via one or more retaining mechanisms;
wherein the torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading is not transmitted through the retaining mechanisms.