BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT WITH AN ANGLE SENSOR

摘要

A ball and socket joint with integrated angle sensor, especially for use as a vehicle level control in the chassis of a motor vehicle. The ball and socket joint has a ball and socket joint housing ( 1 ), a ball pivot ( 2 ) mounted in the ball and socket joint housing ( 1 ), a bipolar field transducer ( 4 ) arranged at the joint ball ( 3 ) of the ball pivot ( 2 ), and at least one magnetic field direction sensor ( 5 ), which is arranged at the ball and socket joint housing ( 1 ) and interacts with the magnetic field generated by the field transducer ( 4 ), wherein only one pole of the bipolar field transducer ( 4 ) is arranged on the surface of the ball.