Existing Mechanisms

Research paper Mechanism used Drawbacks

1. Design and Fabrication of
Wheelchair cum Stretcher with
Multi Fold
2. Design And Development Of
Automatic Wheelchair And Bed For
Old-age Home
Lead Screw mechanism
Lifting mechanism and joystick
controllable
Large area of sliding contact
between their male and female
members, screw threads have
larger frictional energy losses
compared to other linkages.
Costly and will increase the weight
of wheel chair that will create
difficulty in buying for lay man.

1. Dr. Sukanta Roga, Abhijeet Kumar, Aman, Animesh Singh and Bijesh Kumar,Associate Professor, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, SJB Institute of Technology, Bengaluru , Final Year Student, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, SJB Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

2. Prof. J. B. Patel, Prof. H. C. Patel, S.R Patel engineering college.