Patent ID: 7422717

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a joint boot made of resin comprising a first cylinder part provided at its outer periphery with a recess for fixation, a second cylinder part, and a bellows part integrally linking the first cylinder part and the second cylinder part, said method comprising: forming the first cylinder part by injection molding using a mold shaped to form the recess and a shoulder portion connecting the recess and the bellows part, wherein a portion of the mold for forming the shoulder portion is shaped to form a cutout area in the shoulder portion; and forming the bellows part and the second cylinder part by blow molding, wherein an exterior boundary between the a section formed by the injection molding and a section formed by the blow molding is placed in the cutout area, wherein the cutout area comprises a wall surface perpendicular to an axis of the joint boot, and a slope extending from the wall surface to a wall surface of the recess of the first cylinder part, wherein the wall surface is a part of the section formed by the blow molding and the slope is a part of the section formed by the injection molding.