Patent ID: 8277330

Claim:
A connecting arrangement for connecting a shaft journal and a constant velocity rotary joint comprising a joint inner part and a joint outer part, wherein: the shaft journal and the constant velocity rotary joint are two distinct components; the shaft journal engages in a rotationally fixed manner in one of the joint parts; at least one clamping sleeve is provided which is axially secured on one of the components, wherein the clamping sleeve is axially secured on one of the components via elastic elements which are formed by cut-outs on a radially extending securing region of said clamping sleeve, the clamping sleeve comprises elastic elements formed by notches in longitudinal sides of said clamping sleeves which can via one narrow shoulder lock in place in a contour of the other component, said elastic elements are integral with the clamping sleeve, radially resilient, distributed around the periphery of the clamping sleeve, and comprise tongues, and the clamping sleeve engages the shaft journal and the constant velocity rotary joint in axially separate locations which do not overlap one another.