Patent ID: 8240418

Claim:
A pivot-steered vehicle, comprising: a front frame including a front holding part and a front steering lever; a rear frame including a rear holding part and a rear steering lever; a pivot steering gear, including: an arm connected to the front holding part via a first upper rotary joint and to the rear holding part via a second upper rotary joint, a plate connected to the front steering lever via a first lower rotary joint and to the rear steering lever via a second lower rotary joint, a steering drive connected to the front steering lever via a third lower rotary joint and to the rear steering lever via a fourth lower rotary joint, wherein the pivot steering gear has first and second vertical pivot axes arranged at a distance apart from each other, wherein the pivot steering gear has a first steering range for relative swiveling of the front frame and the rear frame about the first vertical pivot axis, a second steering range for relative swiveling of the front frame and the rear frame about the second vertical pivot axis, and a neutral position separating the first and second steering ranges, and wherein, in the neutral position, a longitudinal axis of the arm is vertically parallel to a longitudinal axis of the plate, rotary axes of the first and second upper rotary joints are arranged coaxially with respect to rotary axes of the first and second lower rotary joints, respectively, and the steering drive is arranged parallel to, and axially spaced apart from, the longitudinal axes of the plate and arm.