Patent ID: 8777329

Claim:
A wheel carrier, for a motor vehicle, made from a light metal material, the carrier comprising: a recess ( 1 ) having an inside surface which receives an outer ring ( 2 ) and an inner ring of a wheel bearing ( 3 ), the inner ring ( 4 ) of the wheel bearing receives a hub ( 15 ) of a wheel flange ( 12 ) of a vehicle axle, and an intermediate ring has an inner surface and is fixed between the outer ring of the wheel bearing and the wheel carrier, and the inner surface of the intermediate ring abuts the outer ring of the wheel bearing, the outer ring of the wheel bearing ( 3 ) being independent of and releasably fixed within the intermediate ring, and the intermediate ring is fixed within the wheel carrier ( 6 ) by at least a partial deformation of a rim section ( 5 ) of the recess ( 1 ), such that the wheel bearing is removable from the intermediate ring while the intermediate ring remains fixed within the wheel carrier.