Patent ID: 7972218

Claim:
A homokinetic joint comprising: an outer hub having outer running tracks; an inner hub comprising a sleeve having inner running tracks; balls that transfer torque, said balls being guided in pairs in the outer running tracks and the inner running; a cage having cage windows accommodating the balls; a seal having an accommodation part and a sealing membrane, the accommodation part being connected with the outer hub so as to rotate with the outer hub, the sealing membrane being firmly connected with the outer hub via an outer collar and connected with the sleeve via an inner collar and a securing ring for fixing the inner collar in place on the sleeve; wherein the sleeve has a circumferential annular groove, into which the sealing membrane engages with an inner annular bead that is formed on; wherein the accommodation part has a circumferential beading, open towards the inside, into which the sealing membrane engages with its outer collar, with shape fit; and wherein the accommodation part is configured in such a manner that the beading, into which the outer collar engages with shape fit, has a smaller axial distance from a joint center plane than the inner collar in the connection region to the membrane part.