US Patent 10221969 Method of installing a sleeve lock assembly

A method of installing a sleeve lock assembly may include mounting a male ring member on a sleeve, installing an annular locking member of the male ring member into the female ring member, and threadably engaging a threaded interior portion of the female ring member to a threaded exterior portion of the male ring member. The method may additionally include rotating the male and female ring members relative to one another, compressing the locking member radially inwardly in response to rotating the male and female ring members relative to one another, and preventing movement of the sleeve lock assembly relative to the sleeve in response to engaging annular gripping flanges of the annular locking member to the sleeve outer surface.