Patent ID: 6945700

Claim:
Axial angle disk formed in one piece, adapted for use in a thrust bearing, the axial angle disk comprising: a radial segment that forms a raceway to which first and second axially bent parts are connected that are each provided at at least one point on a periphery thereof with respective first and second holding projections that protrude radially, the projections being adapted to engage an associated component from behind so that a captive packaged unit made up of the axial angle disk and the component is formed, and is adapted to engage in an associated recess of a connected construction so that a captive packaged unit made up of the axial angle disk and the connected construction is formed, the holding projections having a path that climbs at an angle in a direction of assembly, and having at an end thereof a sloping edge that falls away in a radial direction, wherein the first axially bent art ( 2 . 2 ) is situated at an outer peripheral end of the radial segment ( 2 . 1 ), and the first respective holding projection ( 2 . 2 . 1 ) engages a cage ( 3 . 2 ) from behind, so that a thrust bearing is formed that is made up of the axial angle disk ( 2 ) and the cage ( 3 . 2 ), and the second axially bent part ( 5 . 2 , 8 . 2 ) is situated on an inner peripheral end of the radial segment ( 5 . 1 , 8 . 1 ), and the second respective holding projection ( 5 . 2 . 1 , 8 . 2 . 1 ) engages in an associated recess ( 7 . 1 , 7 . 3 ) of a housing ( 7 ), so that a captive packaged unit is formed that is made up of a thrust bearing ( 4 ) and the housing ( 7 ), the holding projections ( 2 . 2 . 1 , 5 . 2 . 1 , 8 . 2 . 1 , 8 . 3 . 1 ) are formed by a stamping, and an uninterrupted material connection is formed between the bent part ( 2 . 2 , 5 . 2 , 8 . 2 , 8 . 3 ) and the holding projections ( 2 . 2 . 1 , 5 2 . 1 , 8 . 2 . 1 , 8 . 3 . 1 ), a projection height of the projections, extending in the radial direction, has a maximum size s of ⅔ of a wall thickness b of the axially ben part ( 2 . 2 , 5 . 2 , 8 . 2 , 8 . 3 ), and the holding projections ( 2 . 2 . 1 , 5 . 2 . 1 , 8 . 2 . 1 , 8 . 3 . 1 ) have a rounded shape.