Coupling (technology)

Wheel carrier (gray next to the wheel) as a coupling in a four- link coupling gear

“ Coupling is the name for a gear link that couples moving gear links or groups of links with one another. A paddock has no direct connection to the frame . It is characteristic of coupling gears . ”In a four-link coupling gear, it is the link that connects the drive and output links.

A common coupling is the connecting rod in a piston engine .

In the wheel suspension of automobiles , the wheel carrier takes the place of the coupling (even in more than four-link transmissions).

In some applications (mainly in construction ) the term pendulum rod is used instead of coupling .

References and comments

1. ↑ Johannes Volmer (Ed.): Gear Technology - Basics Verlag Technik , 1995, p. 12
2. ↑ In the case of wheel suspensions, no transmission link is identified as a drive or output link.