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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2024
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 first shaft to the second shaft via the sleeve and a plurality of shear components that engage the sleeve and partially recess into the first shaft or the second shaft, retaining the plurality of shear components in the partially recessed position via one or more retaining mechanisms, and independently aligning the first shaft and the second shaft while transmitting torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading through the plurality of shear components and not through the retaining mechanisms.
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