Patent ID: 8092311

Claim:
A bearing arrangement of a universal joint, the universal joint including two shafts, each shaft having a yoke at an end thereof, the shafts connected via a cross trunnion assembly, each trunnion of the cross trunnion assembly being guided in a cylindrical receptacle of the yoke, the bearing arrangement comprising: a universal joint bush positioned in the cylindrical receptacle and comprising a base end at an axial end of the universal joint bush; a radially prestressed securing ring inserted in an annular groove of the cylindrical receptacle and configured to define an installation position of the universal joint bush, the securing ring forming a surface inclined in the axial direction of the cylindrical receptacle; and the base of the universal joint bush supporting a contact surface inclined corresponding to the inclined surface of the securing ring and configured to support, directly or indirectly, the securing ring, wherein the contact surface is inclined so as to rise helically.