Patent ID: 6913409

Claim:
A ball-and-socket joint for motor vehicles, the ball-and-socket joint comprising: a housing; a bearing shell associated with said housing; a ball pivot with at least a joint ball accommodated rotatably and/or pivotably in said bearing shell of said housing and with a pivot section; a thrust ring fixed on said pivot section, said thrust ring comprising an axial shoulder and a radial shoulder, said radial shoulder having a wave-shaped contour; and a sealing bellows with a first edge area fastened to said housing and with a second edge area having a sliding connection with said thrust ring; beginning from said axial shoulder in an axial direction, said radial shoulder of said thrust ring has a first wave peak, a wave valley following said first wave peak and a second wave peak following said wave valley, a shape of said wave peaks and said wave valley comes close to a straight contact surface, said first and second peaks each being in direct contact against a surface of a motor vehicle.