Patent ID: 8262490

Claim:
A system for connecting a shaft to a joint, said system comprising: a shaft journal that can be connected to the shaft, a sleeve that is connected to a hub of the joint and that has a central opening for receiving the shaft journal), and a retaining ring for axially fixing the shaft journal in the opening; wherein: the opening comprises a shaft-side first opening section having an internal diameter which is larger than the internal diameter of a joint-side second opening section; a first radial stop section is provided between the first opening section and the second opening section; the shaft journal comprises a shaft-side first shaft-journal section having an external diameter which is larger than the external diameter of a joint-side second shaft-journal section, and a second radial stop section is provided between the first shaft-journal section and the second shaft-journal section for delimiting the insertion path of the shaft journal in the sleeve, said shaft journal comprising a sealing ring that is configured to seal said sleeve, said sealing ring being disposed in a sealing-ring groove on said shaft-side first shaft-journal section, and said retaining ring being disposed in a peripheral groove on said shaft-side first shaft-journal section.