Patent ID: 8282305

Claim:
A ball sleeve joint, comprising: a joint housing comprising two housing halves, said two housing halves forming an inner joint housing surface, said inner joint housing surface defining a recess of said joint housing and an inner joint housing surface depression; a ball sleeve provided with a rounded bearing surface; and a bearing shell, wherein said bearing surface is accommodated in said bearing shell, and said bearing shell is manufactured from an elastic plastic and said bearing shell is fixed in said recess of the joint housing, said two housing halves being pressed together in the direction of said central longitudinal axis of said ball sleeve joint with defined pressing forces during the mounting of said ball sleeve joint and are held in the installed position preset by the pressing forces by means at least one said connection in substance between said housing halves to generate one or more housing pressing forces from said two housing halves to said bearing shell, wherein a different distribution of prestresses develops within said bearing shell based on said one or more housing pressing forces, said bearing shell having an outer bearing shell surface, said outer bearing shell surface defining at least one holding projection, said inner joint housing surface depression receiving said at least one holding projection, said at least one holding projection engaging said inner joint housing surface, said connection in substance comprising an outer joint housing depression in an outer lateral area of said housing.