Ball socket for a ball joint

A ball socket for a ball joint comprising:

• a. a base body with a recess for receiving a ball head of the ball joint, wherein the recess comprises a support region for supporting the ball head and a cylindrical insertion region for inserting the ball head in an insertion direction into the support region;
• b. a securing element, wherein the securing element comprises a connecting region and two retaining legs connected to one another by the connecting region;
• c. wherein the base body comprises two retaining channels open to the insertion region;
• d. wherein the retaining legs are arranged in the retaining channels such that the retaining legs are aligned along a retaining axis extending through a center point of the support region and orthogonally to the insertion direction, and that the free end portions of the retaining legs remote from the connecting region are arranged in sections in the insertion region;
• wherein
• e. the retaining channels are bent from the insertion region towards the retaining axis;
• and
• f. wherein the free end portions of the retaining legs can be bent elastically by the ball head out of the insertion region into the retaining channels on a path bent towards the retaining axis when the ball head is pushed into the support region, so that the free end portions spring back after the ball head has been pushed into the insertion region in order to fix the ball head in the support region.