Patent ID: 9562569
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: F16B,F16D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of aligning flanges on two components to align and transfer torque from one component to the other, the method comprising: positioning a first flange in axial alignment with a second flange so that a first contact face of the first flange contacts a second contact face of the second flange, and so that each of a plurality of raised regions extending from the first contact face in a first axial direction extend into and mate with one of a plurality of scallop regions in the second flange, each of the plurality of raised regions extending a first distance in the first axial direction near a radially outer end of the plurality of raised regions that is less than a second distance that the plurality of raised regions extend in the first axial direction near a radially inner end of the plurality of raised regions; and clamping together the first and second flanges.