Protective Device For A Universal Shaft As Well As Protective Arrangement With Universal Shaft And Such A Protective Device

A protective device for a universal shaft, comprising:

• an attachment element adapted to be positioned around a shaft journal projecting from a housing and adapted to be attached to the housing;
• a tubular protective guard extends along a longitudinal axis, the tubular protective guard is adapted to be positioned around a universal shaft connected to the shaft journal;
• and
• a latching device attaching the protective guard to the attachment element, the latching device has at least one latching element and at least one latching projection, the latching element is arranged on the attachment element and the latching projection is arranged on the protective guard or the latching element is arranged on the protective guard and the latching projection is arranged on the attachment element, the latching element is displaceable between a latched position and a release position, the latching element is elastically formed and the latching element engages behind the latching projection in the latched position, and the latching projection has a setting face that interacts, during assembly of the protective guard in axial direction on the attachment element, with the latching element so that the latching element is displaced into the release position.