Deere & Company
Integrated starter-generator device with unidirectional clutch actuation utilizing a biased lever assembly

Abstract:

A starter-generator device for a work vehicle having an engine. The device includes a gear set for transmitting power, first and second clutches having actuation pins and shiftable relative to the gear set, first and second actuator devices moving armatures only in a first direction, and first and second linkages having a coupling region coupled to the respective armature and a second end coupled to the actuation pin. The first actuator device moves the coupling region and second end of the first linkage in the first direction. The second actuator device moves the coupling region of the second linkage in the first direction and the second end in an opposite second direction. The clutches shift into engaged or disengaged positions by the second end of the respective linkage moving one of the directions, and shift into the other engaged or disengaged position by the second end moving the other direction.