Patent ID: 8864243

Claim:
Wheel bearing unit for a vehicle wheel, comprising: a hub element which has an axially extending cylindrical section to be supported by a bearing arrangement and which has a radially extending flange section configured to fix the vehicle wheel and/or a brake disk at a face side of the radially extending flange section, the bearing arrangement having an outer ring, the outer ring has a radially extending depression in an outer surface along an outer circumference thereof, wherein the axially extending cylindrical section of the hub element is deformed partially so that a section thereof is positioned in and engages the depression for axially fixing the hub element relative to the outer ring, the axially extending section of the hub element has an axial end located on a side of the radially extending depression opposite from the radially extending flange section of the hub element, wherein the outer ring extends axially past the axial end of the hub element such that a portion of the outer surface of the outer ring is not enclosed by the hub element.