Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Frederick Henry Kleinfeld

Harley D Burkhard

A transmission shift control lever assembly includes a shift detent gate in which a portion of the shift lever is disposed. A latch member is pivotally mounted relative to the gate and is selectively positionable to open and close a path between a 'Park' position and other operating positions. The latch is responsive to a spring, an electro-magnetic element or assembly, the lever and a bias spring to establish its position. A one-way device is disposed between the electro-magnet and the latch member such that the shift lever bias spring will urge the shift lever to pivot the latch member into the 'Park' position even when the electro-magnet is operating to hold the latch member in the open position.

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Saginaw, MI, United States of America

Frederick Henry Kleinfeld