Patent ID: 8322941

Claim:
A connecting assembly for transmitting torque comprising: a shaft journal with an outer annular groove; a hollow shaft with an inner annular groove, an inner face of said hollow shaft being rotationally fixed to an outer face of the shaft journal for transmitting torque and wherein the hollow shaft comprises at least one recess which is open towards an outer circumferential face of the hollow shaft in a partial circumferential region of the inner annular groove; a radially elastically widenable axial securing ring which is positioned in the outer annular groove of the shaft journal and in the inner annular groove of the hollow shaft, wherein the axial securing ring comprises at least one outwardly projecting projection which is arranged in a respective one of the at least one recess of the hollow shaft; a sleeve positioned on the outer face of the hollow shaft and which covers the at least one recess and prevents extension of the projection through the recess and prevents radial widening of the axial securing ring; and a binding element secured around a portion of the sleeve such that the binding element is positioned over the at least one recess to prevent removal of the sleeve from the recess and prevent radial widening of the axial securing ring.