Agco Corporation

Bernd Glaser

Erich Freytag

The invention discloses a utility vehicle, in particular an agricultural tractor, with a steering system having single-wheel-suspended steering wheels, which are mounted on a respective wheel carrier (). Each wheel carrier () may be swivelled about the axis of at least one rigidly connected bolt () and is connected via a ball-and-socket joint () on the at least one bolt, to a transverse steering element () that is articulated to the vehicle body. Associated with the ball-and-socket joint () is a steering angle sensor () comprising a rotatable input member (), which is located at least approximately in the extension of the axis of the swivel bolt (). The rotatable input member () is connected to the bolt via an entrainment element () that transmits the swivel motion of the bolt in an angularly precise manner to detect the current swivel position of the wheel carrier ().

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Marktoberdorf, Germany

Bernd Glaser