Patent ID: 8425123

Claim:
A radial needle bearing unit for mounting a shaft, comprising: an outer sleeve having at least one radially inwardly directed rim; a cage guiding bearing needles; a sealing element being arranged for sealing purposes in an annular space which is delimited by the rim and the cage, wherein the sealing element is configured as an outwardly expanding sealing ring made from a polymeric material which comes into contact radially on an outside with an inner circumferential face of the outer sleeve and radially on an inside with a circumferential face of a shaft forming a radial/radial seal, the outer sleeve having, at least at one circumferential point, a holding lug which is formed by punching or cutting and protrudes resiliently beyond the inner circumferential face of the outer sleeve, the holding lug facing a radial outer surface of the sealing element.