Ball joint

Ball-and-socket joint with a housing closed by a cover, with a bearing shell and with a joint ball accommodated therein rotatably and tiltably with a pivot pin, which protrudes with a shaft from the outlet of the housing located opposite the cover, wherein the bearing shell provided with projections and offsets on its outside as well as an entropy-elastic, pretensioned spring element are fixed by the cover in the housing, characterized in that the bearing shell is formed by said lower and upper bearing shells (5, 6), both of which are closed, and the said lower bearing shell (5) partially extending over the said upper bearing shell (6) is provided on its said overarching inside (5b) and the said upper bearing shell (6) on its said outside (6a) is provided with the said projections and offsets (20, 21;

• 11, 12) with which the said entropy-elastic spring element (7) cooperates in its closed position in a positive-locking and/or non-positive manner under the action of the said cover (3) and couples the said two bearing shells (5, 6) with one another in a nonrotatable manner.