Mechanism Design
Our basic design goal was to make a mechanism that can make a translation motion along the x-axis, and this x-axis as explained earlier in the actual mechanism helps to locate the location where the device is needed. The other motion was the lift motion i.e the y-axis motion, we want the device to be able to move up and down, and this is necessary because of the height of the gas compartment, or the charging port of the car. It was necessary that we keep this restrictions in mind as part of our design to ensure universality in our final prototype. We finally decide to go with the mechanism that can be seen in Figure 3.1. This device exemplified the motions that we required as mentioned earlier.
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