Shaft Connector Systems and Methods
AssigneeAWC Frac Valves Inc.
InventorsScott E. Linder, Anthony J. Hanewinkel
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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.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- disposing a first shaft and a second shaft in an end to end arrangement;
- positioning a sleeve over the end to end arrangement of the first shaft and the second shaft;
- 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;
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- 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.
A method comprising:
- 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 and to the second shaft via a plurality of fasteners, each fastener comprising a shear component that engages the sleeve and partially recesses into the first shaft or the second shaft;
- 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 shear components of the plurality of fasteners;
- retaining the plurality of fasteners via one or more retaining mechanisms;
- wherein the torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading is not transmitted through the retaining mechanisms.
A method comprising:
- 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 comprising shear components extending partially into the first shaft;
- coupling the sleeve to the second shaft via a second set of fasteners comprising shear components extending partially into the second shaft;
- 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 shear components of the first set of fasteners and the second set of fasteners;
- retaining the first set of fasteners within the first shaft via one or more retaining mechanisms;
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- retaining the second set of fasteners within the second shaft via one or more retaining mechanisms;
- wherein the torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading is not transmitted through the retaining mechanisms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.