ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,468, issued on May 5, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Electric clutch for work vehicle power shift transmission" was invented by Randall L. Long (Coffeyville, Kan.), Zachariah E. Albert (Independence, Kan.) and Stacy K. Worley (Coffeyville, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electric clutch including a clutch pack having clutch members transmitting torque when engaged, an input mechanism, and an actuator assembly. The input mechanism including a pinion gear configured to receive rotational input from an electric machine and a cam gear meshing with the pinion gear to rotate about a reference axis. The a...