摘要 |
The present invention pertains to a joint ( 1 ) with a joint housing ( 2 ) and with a joint shell ( 3 ) arranged therein with a ball ( 4 ), whose pivot pin ( 5 ) protrudes from the joint housing ( 2 ) and is surrounded by a rubber bellows ( 6 ) with a protective cap ( 7 ), wherein a ring ( 8 ) for holding the protective cap ( 7 ) is connected to the edge area ( 6 a) of the rubber bellows ( 6 ), which said edge area ( 6 a) concentrically surrounds the pivot pin ( 5 ), and wherein the ring ( 8 ) has a circular bead ( 8 b , 8 c) on its annular outer side ( 8 a) and is vulcanized into the edge area ( 6 a) of the rubber bellows ( 6 ), and the protective cap ( 7 ) is provided on its inner side ( 7 a) with a plurality of projections ( 9 ), which can be bent from the outside through openings ( 10 ) in the protective cap ( 7 ) by means of a tool ( 11 ) radially (arrow 12 ) in relation to the pivot pin ( 5 ) against the bead ( 8 b , 8 c) of the ring ( 8 ) in a non-positive and positive-locking manner. |