Patent ID: 7819774

Claim:
A connection between first and second components of a transmission that have round cross-sections, the connection being designed to support axial forces and the connection being made positively locking by deformation means; wherein the first component ( 2 ) to be connected has an annular flange ( 6 ) with windows ( 7 ) stamped out around a circumference of the flange ( 6 ), which enable simple deformability of the annular flange ( 6 ), and the second component ( 3 ) to be connected has an annular groove ( 8 ) such that after bringing the first and the second components ( 2 , 3 ) together, the annular flange ( 6 ) of the first component ( 2 ), when viewed axially, is positioned over the annular groove ( 8 ) of the second component ( 3 ), such that the annular flange ( 6 ) of the first component ( 2 ) can be pressed radially into the annular groove ( 8 ) of the second component ( 3 ) so that segments ( 10 ) of the annular flange ( 06 ) radially engage the annular groove ( 8 ).