Patent ID: 8757880

Claim:
A rolling element of a tripod joint, the rolling element comprising: a housing with a first housing part; a second housing part; a housing inner body that is held between the first and second housing parts; a receptacle opening adapted to support a journal of a tripod star of the tripod joint; at least two rolling bodies associated with the first and second housing parts, the at least two rolling bodies being adapted to support mutually opposing raceways of a joint outer part of the tripod joint; a groove-like receptacle adapted to hold the housing inner body in each of the first and second housing parts; and an annular spring element arranged between the housing inner body and the first and second housing parts, the annular spring element being held in a recess, the annular spring element being configured to brace the first and second housing parts against the housing inner body in order to press the rolling bodies against an associated raceway of the joint outer part, the annular spring element encircling the housing inner body.