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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2021
Awc Frac Valves Inc., Conroe, TX (US);
Scott E. Linder, Montgomery, TX (US);
Anthony J. Hanewinkel, Houston, TX (US);
AWC Frac Valves Inc., Conroe, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes disposing a first shaft and a second shaft in an end to end arrangement, positioning a sleeve over the end to end arrangement, coupling the sleeve to the first shaft via a first set of fasteners extending through a first set of radial holes in the sleeve and into the first shaft, coupling the sleeve to the second shaft via a second set of fasteners extending through a second set of radial holes in the sleeve and into the second shaft, and allowing the sleeve to self adjust the alignment between the first shaft and the second shaft while transmitting torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading through the first set of fasteners and the second set of fasteners.