A winch is provided including a rotatable drum and a gear train drivingly connecting a motor to the rotatable drum. The gear train includes a clutch that is operable to be disengaged to allow the rotatable drum to free spool. A clutch actuator is provided for disengaging the clutch and the clutch includes a pivoting pawl having a first end that engages a clutch dog of a planetary ring gear and the clutch actuator includes an electro-magnetic solenoid having a plunger that engages a second end of the pivoting pawl. WO 2014/137488 PCT/US2014/011208 30(____ I- 51 68 WINCH 66 CONTACTOR MCU CONTROL SWITCH WINCH CLUTCH RF 72 70 | CONTROL SWITCH MODULE j-76 WIRELESS CONTROL MODULE 162- 5A 154- 134 - 78 156- -- 176 158- -- 146 160-142 160- 72 148 152 150 168
Remote winch clutch system
2015-10-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B66D Haspeln , CAPSTANS |