Ball-and-socket joint and device for assembling a ball-and-socket joint

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP97/05059 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 13, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 13, 1998 PCT Filed Sep. 16, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/12439 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 1998A ball joint, particularly a steering joint for motor vehicles, with a joint housing (1) having a spherical ring-shaped bearing surface (1b), in which a ball (2c) arranged on a ball pin (2) is seated so as to be able to rotate and tilt to a limited extent and which is closed off by a lid (3) which is formed in the initial state with an outer diameter exceeding the inner diameter of a smooth-walled cylindrical drillhole (1a) of the joint housing (1) and which in the installed state is supported at its rim (3c) in a force fit on the inner surface of the smooth-walled cylindrical drillhole (1a) in the joint housing (1), characterized in that the lid (3) is formed with a spherical ring-shaped bearing surface (3a) for the ball (2c) on the side of the ball equator away from the spherical ring-shaped bearing surface (1b) of the joint housing (1).