Patent attributes
A shaft assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The shaft assembly comprises: a first shaft having an outer surface; a first coupling ring disposed around the outer surface of the first shaft, an inner surface of the first coupling ring being coupled to the outer surface of the first shaft; a second shaft having an inner surface; and a second coupling ring disposed around the inner surface of the second shaft, an outer surface of the second coupling ring being coupled to the inner surface of the second shaft, wherein an outer surface of the first coupling ring is configured to mate with an inner surface of the second coupling ring, such that concentricity of the first and second shafts is maintained at the shaft assembly by virtue of the mating of the first and second coupling rings. Methods of assembling and re-assembling a shaft assembly are also provided.