Patent ID: 8851759

Claim:
A rolling bearing for a power steering mechanism, the rolling bearing comprising: an inner ring, and an outer ring having two radial frontal surfaces and a cylindrical axial outer surface; an elastic sleeve having an annular axial portion and two annular radial portions extending therefrom such that the elastic sleeve is in contact axially and radially with the outer ring such that the two annular radial portions of the elastic sleeve cover all of the two radial frontal surfaces of the outer ring and such that the annular axial portion of the elastic sleeve covers all of the cylindrical axial outer surface of the outer ring, and a housing holding the sleeve therein, the housing having an axial portion and two lateral flanges extending from the axial portion, the two lateral flanges of the housing covering all of the two annular radial portions of the elastic sleeve, the two lateral flanges being configured to contact the elastic sleeve and exert an axial pre-stress on the elastic sleeve, wherein at least one of the lateral flanges of the housing is curved radially inwards towards the elastic sleeve such that the at least one of the lateral flanges is askew with the two radial frontal surfaces of the outer ring.