Patent ID: 8316981

Claim:
An actuator arrangement comprising: a latch configured and arranged to selectively engage a vehicle drive arrangement with a rotational power source relative to a translational position of the latch corresponding to engaged and disengaged states for driving a vehicle, the latch having a slot therein; a rocker arm configured and arranged to selectively lock the engagement of the vehicle drive arrangement to separate drive components of the vehicle relative to a rotational position of the rocker arm about a fulcrum; a rotatable gear that rotates in response to a gear input; a first pin connected to the rotatable gear and extending into the slot in the latch and configured and arranged to engage and move the latch in engaged and disengaged states as the rotatable gear rotates; a second pin connected to the rotatable gear to engage and rotate the rocker arm about the fulcrum as the rotatable gear rotates; and a sensor arrangement to sense the position of at least one of the latch and the rocker arm for controlling the rotation of the rotatable gear for selective engagement and locking of the vehicle drive arrangement.