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(Redirected from Hoekens linkage) Four-bar straight-line mechanism

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) 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.

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

See also

Chebyshev linkage and Chebyshev lambda linkage, linkages that produce a very similar locus without the need of a sliding joint.
Straight line mechanism
Four-bar linkage

References

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.
"DMG Lib: Browse, Literature". www.dmg-lib.org.
Hoecken, Karl. Steigerung der Wirtschaftlichkeit durch zweckmäßige Anwendung der Getriebelehre, Werkstattechnik 1926.

External links

Media related to Hoeckens linkage at Wikimedia Commons

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