Patent ID: 7524114

Claim:
A radial/axial bearing comprising: a radial bearing received in a cylindrical sleeve, having cylindrical rolling bodies positioned between the cylindrical sleeve and an inner ring; and an axial bearing having cylindrical rolling bodies, said radial bearing and said axial bearing being connected to form a captive structural unit and arranged axially one beside the other substantially in one plane, wherein an outer running track of the axial bearing formed by a first radially inward-pointing rim at one end of the cylindrical sleeve, said first rim adjoining an axially outward-projecting cylindrical portion of the sleeve, which is smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical sleeve; an inner running track of the axial bearing formed by a radially outward-pointing rim of the inner ring of the radial bearing, such that the axes of rotation of the cylindrical rolling bodies of the radial bearing intersects the axes of rotation of the cylindrical rolling bodies of the axial bearing at a center of the cylindrical rolling bodies of the axial bearing; a second radially inward pointing rim at the other end of the cylindrical sleeve, such that said cylindrical sleeve with said first rim and said second rim form the outside of the captive structural unit.