Patent ID: 8602675

Claim:
An assembly comprising: first and second components disposed axially end-to-end; and a radially resilient coupling ring which engages cylindrical surfaces of the components, the coupling ring having a first plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections at a first end of the coupling ring and a second plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections at a second end of the coupling ring, and no other projection at the first end and no other projection at the second end, the first plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections and the second plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections contact the cylindrical surfaces of the first and second components, and all of the first plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections at the first end and all of the second plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections at the second end are arranged such that none of the projections of the first plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections being angularly aligned with any of the projections of the second plurality of circumferentially spaced radial projections.