referenced with identical reference numerals there is illustrated a coupling device 100 constructed according to the principles of the present invention it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways furthermore it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting the use of u201c including u201d u201c comprising u201d or u201c having u201d and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items unless limited otherwise the terms u201c connected u201d u201c coupled u201d and u201c mounted u201d and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass direct and indirect connections couplings and mountings as shown in fig1 and 3 the coupling device 100 functions to provide a method of providing a rotational coupling between a shaft 205 with a mechanical component such as but not limited to a gear 200 the exemplary shaft 205 and gear 200 illustrated herein are conventional components that are utilized in a printer 5 to facilitate such tasks performed by the printer 5 but not limited to moving a media through a print path or placing an.