Abstract
According to the principles of kinematics the universal joints of a driveshaft belong to the family of spherical crank mechanisms. They arise from the planar four-bar linkage (Fig. 2.1a) if the axes of rotation 1 to 4 are placed such that they meet at the point 0 (Fig. 2.1b). The four-bar linkage remains movable and positively actuated as before. It is called a
Conical or Spherical Four-bar Linkage
Its links a to c lie on a sphere about 0 and are parts of great circles. If three of these links are selected to be at right angles then the
Right-angled, Spherical Four-bar Linkage
occurs, or the right-angled, spherical universal joint drive (Fig. 2.2). This is an example of a kinematic chain thus named for the first time in 1875 by Franz Reuleaux [2.1; 2.2].
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Schmelz, F., Seherr-Thoss, C.HC., Aucktor, E. (1992). Theory of Constant Velocity Joints. In: Universal Joints and Driveshafts. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02746-2_2
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