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In kinematics, the Hoecken linkage (named for Karl Hoecken) is a
four-bar linkage In the study of mechanisms, a four-bar linkage, also called a four-bar, is the simplest closed-chain movable linkage. It consists of four bodies, called ''bars'' or ''links'', connected in a loop by four joints. Generally, the joints are config ...
that converts
rotational motion Rotation, or spin, is the circular movement of an object around a '' central axis''. A two-dimensional rotating object has only one possible central axis and can rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. A three-dimensional ...
to approximate straight-line motion. The Hoecken linkage is a cognate linkage of the
Chebyshev linkage In kinematics, Chebyshev's linkage is a four-bar linkage that converts rotational motion to approximate linear motion. It was invented by the 19th-century mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev, who studied theoretical problems in kinematic mechanis ...
and Chebyshev's Lambda Mechanism. The linkage was first published in 1926. A generalization of the Hoecken linkage is Wittgenstein's rod.


See also

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Chebyshev linkage In kinematics, Chebyshev's linkage is a four-bar linkage that converts rotational motion to approximate linear motion. It was invented by the 19th-century mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev, who studied theoretical problems in kinematic mechanis ...
and Chebyshev lambda linkage, linkages that produce a very similar locus without the need of a sliding joint. * Straight line mechanism *
Four-bar linkage In the study of mechanisms, a four-bar linkage, also called a four-bar, is the simplest closed-chain movable linkage. It consists of four bodies, called ''bars'' or ''links'', connected in a loop by four joints. Generally, the joints are config ...


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