Aided Design of the Drive Mechanism of a Car Platform

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to design the mechanism for lowering and lifting the car platform using CAD software (Inventor). The used mechanism to drive the car platform is the quadrilateral mechanism due to the low cost of its compared to a gear train. Operating a mechanism can be done manually by applying a force on frame attached on the crank or by operating through a small winch. Kinematic analysis was performed using the software mentioned above. Lowering the platform to ground level is necessary in some cases to be loaded heavy objects onto the platform when are not available forklifts and other lifting mechanisms.

Keywords

• car platform
• quadrilateral mechanism
• axle
• aided design