Patent ID: 7846031

Claim:
A universal joint, comprising: a spider with journals which are offset at 90° with respect to one another; a universal joint socket that, in conjunction with a needle ring, holding a respective one of the journals in one of two joint forks in pairs; a rolling body arranged between a bottom of the universal joint socket and an end face of the journal; and an axial bearing designed as an angular ball bearing and comprising at least two rolling bodies, wherein the journal is supported, guided axially and centered on the bottom of the universal joint socket via the axial bearing, wherein the rolling bodies of the axial bearing are guided in raceways which are introduced in one end face of the journal and the bottom of the universal joint socket, wherein the raceways of the journal and of the bottom for the rolling bodies of the axial bearing have apex lines offset radially with respect to one another, and wherein the raceway in the end face of the journal bearing substantially conforms to the radius of the rolling bodies, and the raceway in the universal joint socket has a cross-section enlarged relative to the radius of the rolling bodies.