Patent ID: 7931419

Claim:
A connection of a first cylindrical component to a second cylindrical component for transfer of circumferential and axial forces comprising: the first component ( 2 ) having locking elements ( 9 ) formed around a circumference at a front end thereof and forming a tooth array ( 9 ); the second component ( 3 ) having windows ( 12 ) arranged spaced from a front end thereof for engagement with the locking elements ( 9 ); the front ends of the first and the second cylindrical components ( 2 , 3 ) being matingly engaged to one another to produce an interlocking engagement between the locking elements ( 9 ) and the windows ( 12 ) of the second component ( 3 ); the locking elements ( 9 ) comprising locking tabs ( 9 a , 9 c ) that project from the first cylindrical component ( 2 ) and, following mating engagement, abut against the windows ( 12 , 12 a ) of the second component ( 3 ) so as to prevent further insertion of the first component ( 2 ) into the second component ( 3 ) and facilitate transfer of axial compression forces; the second component ( 3 ) having bracing tabs ( 13 ) distributed around and cut from a circumferential surface thereof in an axial overlap zone (u) defined between the front ends of the first and the second components following mating engagement; the first component ( 2 ) having respective windows ( 10 ) for matingly engaging with the bracing tabs ( 13 ) of the second component ( 3 ); and the bracing tabs ( 13 ), following mating engagement, being interlocked with the windows ( 10 ) of the first component ( 2 ) and thereby facilitating transfer of axial tensile forces.