Patent ID: 6773196
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A ball-and-socket joint comprising:a joint housing, said joint housing having a housing opening on at least one side and having a housing recess; a pivot pin mounted in said housing recess, said pivot pin including a joint ball provided with surface protection and including a pin section protruding from the housing opening; a bearing shell arranged between said joint housing and said joint ball; and a closing ring, said closing ring closing said housing recess of the joint housing and tensioning said bearing shell arranged therein in said joint housing, said closing ring having an inner contour with a bevel or a radius essentially following an outer contour of the bearng shell, said closing ring being fixed in a position in said joint housing and having a sealing lip in sealing contact with said joint ball under elastic pretension on a side of the housing opening through which said pin section of said pivot pin protrudes from said joint housing, said sealing lip comprising rubber vulcanized to said closing ring.