Patent ID: 8597129

Claim:
A device for drivingly connecting a drive component and a driven component by a spline connection, comprising: an inner tooth pattern disposed on one of the components and a mating outer tooth pattern disposed on the other component, wherein one of the components is constructed in two parts and comprises two tooth sections configured for rotation relative to one another, at least one preload spring for tensioning the two tooth sections with respect to each other in a circumferential direction, and alignment means for mutual alignment of the two tooth sections, wherein the alignment means are formed by at least one bolt which is arranged axially parallel to the two tooth sections and engages with both of the two parts of the one component, with the at least one bolt engaging with a driver of the other component when the drive component and the driven component are connected, thereby releasing the connection between the two parts of the one component and automatically engaging the at least one preload spring when the spline connection is connected with an assembly motion in an axial direction.