Patent ID: 7674183

Claim:
Drive joint for a motor vehicle, which can be connected with a first shaft sub-section and a second shaft sub-section, whereby the drive joint has an outer joint part and an inner joint part disposed axially within the former, in which ball raceways are formed on the inside of the outer joint part and on the outside of the inner joint part, and in which balls are disposed in the ball raceways and spaced apart from one another by means of a ball cage, wherein the joint is designed such that when a certain axial force in the direction of one shaft sub-section towards the other shaft sub-section is exceeded, the joint parts disengage, wherein ridges that point radially inward are formed between the ball raceways of the outer joint part, which are shaped and dimensioned in such a manner that the ball cage remains geometrically and mechanically intact, to a great extent, after disengagement of the joint parts, if an axial force that leads to the inner joint part and the outer joint part being pushed into one another is exceeded.