Six bar linkage#

Stephenson mechanism#

Most of the popular 6 bar mechanisms are built from any kinematic inversion of two different kinematic chains, namely the Stephenson’s and Watt’s.

A simulation of the resulting mechanism can be seen in the performed by using the following applets.

Drag the point A to see how each inversion of the mechanism moves:

Watt mechanism#

Drag the point A to see how each inversion of the mechanism moves:

Motorbike swingarm#

Pallet pusher#