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2. Jack (device) - Wikipedia

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   Jackscrews are integral to the scissor jack, one of the simplest kinds of car jack still used. A scissor jack use the mechanical advantage of a leadscrew and 4-bar linkage to allow a human to lift a vehicle by manual force alone. They are inexpensive and are common in manufacturer-supplied breakdown kits. The jack shown at the left is made for ...

3. Jackscrew - Wikipedia

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   It is commonly used to lift moderate and heavy weights, such as vehicles; to raise and lower the horizontal stabilizers of aircraft; and as adjustable supports for heavy loads, such as the foundations of houses. [citation needed] A leadscrew operates this automotive scissor jack.

4. Scissors mechanism - Wikipedia

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   This mechanism is used in devices such as lift tables and scissor lifts.Modern low-profile computer keyboards make an extensive use of it as well, installing each key on a scissor support to ensure their smooth vertical movement, allowing the use of a cheap and reliable rubber dome contact set, instead of expensive and complex array of mechanical switches.

5. Anti-roll bar - Wikipedia

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   An anti-roll bar (roll bar, anti-sway bar, sway bar, stabilizer bar) is an automobile suspension part that helps reduce the body roll of a vehicle during fast cornering or over road irregularities. It links opposite front or rear wheels to a torsion spring using short lever arms for anchors.

6. Simplex Manufacturing Corporation - Wikipedia

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   By 1950, Simplex added a belt-type automatic transmission. The ratio was changed by expanding and contracting the drive pulley, with a low ratio of approximately 18:1 and a high ratio of approximately 7:1. The transmission was belt-driven and drove the real wheel by belt, with automatic belt tensioning by jockey pulley. [7]

7. Fiberfab - Wikipedia

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   A second car was built with a hybrid drive system. [100] This car had a custom chassis made of aluminum. [99] Motive power came from an electric motor driving the front wheels, and an air-cooled 436 cc Kawasaki parallel-twin motorcycle engine driving the rear wheels. [101] This car was later donated to the Historic Electric Vehicle Foundation ...