Patent ID: 7438493

Claim:
A ball joint, comprising: a housing; a bearing shell in the housing; a ball sleeve including a ball portion with a bearing surface cooperating with the bearing shell and a first pivot pin and a second pivot pin extending from said ball portion in an axial direction, said ball sleeve having an inner surface defining a through hole for receipt of a connection bolt, said first pivot pin having a first end with a first outer surface and a first annular end face, said second pivot pin having a second end with a second outer surface and a second annular end face; a first sealing ring having a first axially extending portion extending along said first outer surface, said first sealing ring having a sealing area outer surface defining a first bellows seal seat and a first radially extending portion extending along said first end face, said first axially extending portion being integrally connected to said first radially extending portion to form a unitary undivided first sealing ring structure; a second sealing ring having a second axially extending portion extending along said second outer surface, said second sealing ring having a sealing area outer surface defining a second bellows seal seat and a second radially extending portion extending along said second end face, said second axially extending portion being integrally connected to said second radially extending portion to form a unitary undivided second sealing ring structure; a first bellows seal in contact with said housing at one end, said first bellows seal being in contact with said first bellows seal seat at a first bellows other end; and a second bellows seal in contact with said housing at one end, said second bellows seal being in contact with said second bellows seal seat at a second bellows other end.