Animation of the Hoecken linkage
Dimensions (unit length a):
  Link 2: a
  Link 3: any multiple of a
Link 1 (distance between ground joints): 2a

In kinematics, the Hoecken linkage (named for Karl Hoecken)[1] is a four-bar linkage that converts rotational motion to approximate straight-line motion. The Hoecken linkage is a cognate linkage of the Chebyshev linkage and Chebyshev's Lambda Mechanism.

The linkage was first published in 1926.[2][3]

A generalization of the Hoecken linkage is Wittgenstein's rod.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ceccarelli, M. (2014). Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science: Their Contributions and Legacies. History of mechanism and machine science. Springer London, Limited. ISBN 9789401789479.
  2. ^ "DMG Lib: Browse, Literature". www.dmg-lib.org.
  3. ^ Hoecken, Karl. Steigerung der Wirtschaftlichkeit durch zweckmäßige Anwendung der Getriebelehre, Werkstattechnik 1926.

External links

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