Patent ID: 11906002
Assignee: TELSMITH, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC F

Claim 19:
20. A method for coupling together a first component of an item of equipment with a second component of the item of equipment, wherein the first component has a first longitudinal axis, the second component has a second longitudinal axis, and the first longitudinal axis is not parallel to the second longitudinal axis, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a coupling assembly comprising:
an eccentric axis plate (EAP) having an EAP first surface and an EAP second surface that is spaced apart from the EAP first surface;
a slider plate having a slider plate first surface and a slider plate second surface that is spaced apart from the slider plate first surface;
an adapter plate having an adapter plate first surface and an adapter plate second surface that is spaced apart from the adapter plate first surface;

connecting the EAP first surface to the first component of the item of equipment;
connecting the adapter plate second surface to the second component of the item of equipment;
forming a first coupling to connect the EAP second surface and the slider plate first surface, the first coupling formed by a first tang extending from one of the EAP second surface and the slider plate first surface and a first groove formed in the other one of the EAP second surface and the slider plate first surface, wherein the first tang provides a contacting surface that is sized and configured to engage the first groove;
forming a second coupling to connect the slider plate second surface and the adaptor plate first surface, the second coupling formed by a second tang extending from one of the slider plate second surface and the adaptor plate first surface and a second groove formed in the other one of the slider plate second surface and the adaptor plate first surface, wherein the second tang provides a contacting surface that is sized and configured to engage the second groove, wherein the contacting surface of at least one of the first tang and second tang includes an arcuate contacting surface that is an involute curve concentric to an intersection of the first and second longitudinal axes; and
rotating the first component and the second component of the item of equipment using the coupling assembly.