Patent ID: 8671789

Claim:
A ball screw, comprising: a threaded nut arranged on a threaded spindle; and a helical ball channel in which balls are arranged delimited by ball grooves of the threaded spindle and the threaded nut; a ball cage receiving the balls; a support element arranged in an annular gap delimited by the threaded nut and the threaded spindle and retained on the threaded nut; a spring element which bears with one end against the support element, and with another end against the ball cage, wherein the spring element is arranged axially adjacent to the ball cage and extends along the ball channel of the threaded spindle in the annular gap delimited by the threaded nut and the threaded spindle, wherein the support element is a support ring with a radially inward projecting support as an abutment for the one spring end, and wherein the support ring is produced from sheet metal in a forming process in which the support is formed by an arm angled from the support ring and formed integrally with the support ring from the sheet metal.