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ASOMv10Miscellaneous
Kinematics of a hospital bed in ASOM

Hospital beds are equipped with two essential drives: one for adjusting the height of the entire bed and another for tilting the foot section. In reality, such systems often use spindle drives.

ASOMv10Automotive industry
Kinematics of a truck lift gate in ASOM

The example shows a conceptual kinematic design for a truck tailgate lift or lift gate, as a linkage (degrees of freedom =2), driven by two hydraulic cylinders.

ASOMv10Automotive industry
Kinematics of a flush-mounted retractable door handle

Example for the design of a mechanism for a flush-mounted retractable door handle with separate kinematic syntheses for the two partial systems (two syntheses “in series”).