Patent ID: 8747011

Claim:
A ball and socket joint, for one of a rocker pendulum and an axle system of a motor vehicle, the ball and socket joint comprising: an essentially annular joint housing defining an essentially cylindrical interior ball shell space with an inner jacket surface; a ball shell; and a ball of a ball pivot accommodated in said ball shell in a slidingly movable manner, said ball shell being positioned in said cylindrical interior ball shell space, said joint housing having elevations and/or depressions arranged in an area of said inner jacket surface for engagement with a surface of said ball shell, said inner jacket surface of said joint housing being split, in the axial direction of the joint housing, into at least two separate functional sections wherein said inner jacket surface of said joint housing has a smooth cylindrical surface in the area of a housing cover-side functional section and said elevations and/or said depressions are arranged in the area of a ball pivot-side functional section of said inner jacket surface of said joint housing, wherein said elevations and/or said depressions are not provided in said housing cover-side functional section of said inner jacket surface of said joint housing.