Synthesis of compliant bistable four-link mechanisms for two positions

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Subaşı, Levent

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The aim of this study is to present a design approach for compliant bistable four-link mechanisms. The design constraints are the two positions of the mechanism, the force required to snap between the positions and the fatigue life of the designed mechanism. The theory presented here will be applied to the door lock mechanism used in commercial dishwashers, which is originally designed as a rigid inverted slider crank mechanism snapping between two positions with the force applied by a spring. The mechanism is re-designed as a compliant bistable four-link mechanism and a prototype has been manufactured.

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Mechanical movements.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15754

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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L. Subaşı, “Synthesis of compliant bistable four-link mechanisms for two positions,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.