Patent ID: 7322769

Claim:
A ball-and-socket joint for a motor vehicle chassis, the ball-and-socket joint comprising: a ball-and-socket joint housing provided with a joint opening; a bearing shell arranged in said ball-and-socket joint housing; a ball pivot having a joint ball and a pin, said joint ball having a joint ball surface, said pin with said joint ball being rotatably and pivotably mounted in said bearing shell with said pin projecting through said bearing shell and said joint opening from said ball-and-socket joint housing, said bearing shell being divided into two separate partial shells and at least one of said partial shells being made of fiber-reinforced plastic and a layer of anti-adhesive material, said anti-adhesive material being added to, and separate from, said fibers and engaging said joint ball surface, wherein said partial shells include: a first partial shell arranged between an area of said joint ball facing towards said joint opening and said ball-and-socket joint housing; and a second partial shell arranged between the area of said joint ball facing away from said joint opening and said ball-and-socket joint housing wherein said first partial shell is in contact with said second partial shell, whereby said bearing shell continuously engages said joint ball surface.