Abstract: Cognate linkages are mechanisms that share the same motion, a property that can be useful in mechanical design. This article treats planar curve cognates, that is, planar mechanisms with rotational joints whose coupler ...

Abstract: Cognate linkages provide the useful property in mechanism design of having the same motion. This paper describes an approach for determining all coupler curve cognates for planar linkages with rotational joints. Although ...

Abstract: Precisionpoint synthesis problems for design of fourbar linkages have typically been formulated using two approaches. The exclusive use of pathpoints is known as “path synthesis,â€‌ whereas the use of poses, i.e., ...