drag link

American

noun

Machinery.

a link connecting cranks on parallel shafts.

drag link British

noun

a link for conveying motion between cranks on parallel shafts that are slightly offset. It is used in cars to connect the steering gear to the steering arm

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Etymology

Origin of drag link

First recorded in 1840–50

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One such mechanism is the drag link.

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A drag link mechanism now makes sense to me.

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Figure 38.—Drag link coupling used on Boulton and Watt portable engines.

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His three patents, which were for various forms of steamboat feathering paddle wheels, involved linkages kinematically similar to the drag link coupling, although it is quite unlikely that Oldham recognized the similarity.

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