摘要 |
A ball joint includes, a ball stud with a shaft portion and a ball portion, a ball seat accommodated in a housing and including a recessed spherical surface into which the ball portion is inserted, a projecting portion having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the ball portion, and a slope portion formed at a hole portion through which the shaft portion is inserted, the slope portion being shaped to have an inner diameter increasing from the projecting portion toward an opening, and a caulking portion including an edge formed at an end wall of the opening in the housing and folded toward an end surface of the ball seat, the edge being arranged so as to overlap the end surface of the ball seat and extending toward the projecting portion and opposite the slope portion. |