Construction of Motion/Force Transmission Performance Index of a Single-Drive Serial Loop Mechanism and Application to the Vehicle Door Latch Mechanism
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Abstract
Aiming at the multifunctional requirements of the limited space in high-end vehicle side-door latches, a double single-loop RRUPRR mechanism driven by a single motor for both electric releasing and cinching is proposed based on the POC set. The kinematical equations of the RRURR mechanism possess 2 × 2 analytical solutions. In order to apply the current motion/force transmission performance index of the parallel mechanisms to the transmission performance analysis of the serial mechanisms, matching methods for chain-driving transference and the moving/fixed platform inversion are proposed. The solution of the performance index of a single-degree-of-freedom single-loop mechanism is equivalent to the solution of the input motion/force transmission performance index of a parallel mechanism. The overall motion/force transmission performance index of a single-loop mechanism is constructed, and the corresponding calculation procedure is defined. Chain-driving transference can be obtained through forward and inverse solutions of the RRURR mechanism. In response to the extremely high requirements for motion/force transmission performance of electric release mechanisms, the proposed overall motion/force transmission performance index is used to calculate for the input motion screw and corresponding transmission-force screw of the single-loop RRURR mechanism and obtain the overall motion/force transmission performance of the mechanism. The performance atlas of the mechanism shows that it has excellent motion/force transmission characteristics within the workspace. Using ADAMS simulation software, the driving torque required for electric releasing and cinching of a vehicle side-door latch mechanism with a single motor is analyzed. The overall motion/force transmission performance index of a single-loop mechanism can be applied to single-loop overconstrained mechanisms and non-overconstrained mechanisms.
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OpenAlex topics: Real-time simulation and control systems · Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems · Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research
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School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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