Patent ID: 6935803

Claim:
A ball-and-socket joint for chassis parts in a motor vehicle, comprising: a joint housing; a joint shell arranged in said housing; a ball with a pivot pin protruding from said joint housing a rubber bellows, said pivot pin being surrounded by said rubber bellows; a protective cap; and a ring for holding the protective cap, said ring being connected to an edge area of said rubber bellows that concentrically surrounds said pivot pin, said ring having an annular outer side having at least one bead and being vulcanized into said edge area of said rubber bellows, said protective cap having an inner side with a plurality of projections, said projections being bent by a tool haying access through openings in said protective cap from an outside against said bead in a positive-locking manner to connect said cap to said ring and said bellows, wherein said protective cap completely surrounding said rubber bellows is provided with T-shaped notches of which at least one web is bent off toward an inner side of said protective cap to form one of said protections.