Patent ID: 7331733

Claim:
A rocker pendulum for a motor vehicle, the rocker pendulum comprising: a ball pivot comprising a ball and a pivot pin; an elongated hollow basic body with a first wall portion with a bulge defining at least one bearing shell section with a bottom area and with an annular edge that forms a bearing shell or a bearing shell receiving portion of a ball and socket joint on an outer side of said wall portion, said wall portion having a contact surface on an inner side of said wall portion in a region of said bottom area, said basic body having an opposite wall portion with an outer surface and an inner surface, said inner surface facing said contact surface and abutting said contact surface, said bearing shell section having a concave recess defined by said annular edge, said bottom area closing said recess on one side, said first and opposite wall portions and said bulge being formed as a single, one-piece member, said ball of said ball pivot being pivotably arranged in said bulge.