Disconnect Clutch

A disconnect system operably connected to an engine disposed on a machine, the disconnect system comprising:

• a disconnect clutch that includes:
• a flywheel assembly that includes;
• a rotatable flywheel having a cavity, the flywheel including an end plate;
• a chamber disposed in the cavity and defined by the flywheel and a piston;
• the piston disposed in the cavity, the piston including a nub, the piston moveable between a contracted position and an expanded position;
• a pressure plate disposed in the cavity and including a protrusion;
• and
• a lever disposed in the cavity between the piston and the pressure plate, the lever oriented in relation to the piston and the pressure plate to magnify a contact force received from the nub and to apply an activation force to the protrusion when the piston is in the expanded position, the activation force greater than the contact force;
• a friction plate disposed inside the flywheel assembly between the pressure plate and the end plate, the friction plate attached to and rotatable with the flywheel assembly when the piston is in the expanded position and disconnected from the flywheel assembly and generally stationary when the flywheel is rotating and the piston is in the contracted position;
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• a coupling operably connected to the friction plate and a parasitic load, wherein the parasitic load is connected to the engine when the piston is in the expanded position and the friction plate is attached to and rotating with the flywheel assembly and is disconnected from the engine when the friction plate is disconnected from the flywheel assembly.