Patent ID: 8382599

Claim:
A universal joint arrangement, comprising: a journal cross, supported in two joint yokes offset to one another by about 90° and in reflected arrangement to the plane of symmetry of the journal cross located perpendicular to the joint axis, each joint yoke comprising a flange part and two bearing parts, a bearing bore in each bearing part, wherein the journals of the journal cross are supported in the bearing bores; at least one bearing arrangement for supporting the journals in the bearing bores, the bearing arrangement comprising a radial bearing and an axial bearing, wherein the axial bearing is a friction bearing comprising an axial bearing pressure disk that is at least indirectly supported by a first connection element on the joint yoke to form a first friction pairing and a second connection element on the journal cross to form a second friction pairing; and a surface on the first or second connection element that faces the axial bearing pressure disk, the surface having a recessed region and an elevation region that forms a support region extending along a line of symmetry aligned perpendicular to and intersecting with the journal axis and parallel to the joint axis, wherein the support region forms a friction surface of the first or second friction pairing.