Patent ID: 9618038
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F16B,F16C

Claim:
1. A device comprising: a bearing having first and second bearing ends and a bearing axis defining a z direction, a positive z direction pointing from said first bearing end to said second bearing end and a negative z direction being opposite to said positive z direction; a journal being mounted in said bearing and defining a segment of said journal protruding from said bearing at said second bearing end, said journal being freely movable relative to said bearing along said z direction within an axial play and said journal having a surface; and a bushing at least partially surrounding said segment of said journal and being at least one of form-lockingly or force-lockingly connected to said journal; said connection between said bushing and said journal being formed by at least one deformation of said bushing engaging in a recess being formed in said surface of said journal and being complementary to said deformation; and said axial play of said journal relative to said bearing in said negative z direction being limited by a form-locking engagement in said negative z direction between said bushing and said second bearing end.