Patent ID: 6991545

Claim:
A bearing journal and element assembly comprising: a bearing journal having an outer face and an end face; a bearing element having a bearing bore that defines a bottom face and a running face, the bottom face having a recessed area that extends thereabout adjacent to the running face, the bearing journal being disposed within the bearing bore; rolling-contact members disposed between the running face of the bearing element and the outer face of the bearing journal, each of the rolling-contact members having a first end face and a second end face; a stop ring that is axially secured at the bearing journal or in the bearing bore, the stop ring including a contact face that engages the first end faces of the rolling-contact members; and a pressure disk including a disk portion that is disposed between the end face of the bearing journal and the bottom face of the bearing element and a supporting portion that is disposed between the second end faces of the rolling-contact members and the bearing element, the supporting portion having spring travel so as to resiliently contact the second end faces of the rolling-contact members, wherein a first portion of the supporting portion of the pressure disk is disposed between the second end faces of the rolling-contact members and the non-recessed area of the bottom face of the bearing element and a second portion of the supporting portion of the pressure disk is disposed between the second end faces of the rolling-contact members and the recessed area of the bearing element, wherein the spring travel of the supporting portion is delimited by the supporting portion abutting the bottom face of the bearing element.