Patent ID: 8657299

Claim:
A metallic ring for mounting a structure to a shaft, the ring comprising: a cross-section comprising a closed, hollow construction, the cross-section having an outer surface and a wall thickness, at least a portion of the outer surface adapted to engage the structure; an inner diameter sized to contact the shaft when the ring is coaxially mounted on the shaft; and means for allowing the inner diameter of the metallic ring to deform and avoid movement of the shaft relative to the ring when the ring is slidably and coaxially mounted on the shaft; wherein the means comprises the wall thickness of the cross section of the ring sized to deform when the ring is coaxially mounted on the shaft; wherein the closed, hollow construction comprises one of a circular, oval, and polygonal closed, hollow construction; and wherein the polygonal closed, hollow construction comprises one of a triangular, a square, a rectangular, a pentagonal, a hexagonal, a heptagonal, and an octagonal closed, hollow construction.