Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Gerard Patrick Kuchta

Todd Curtis Spaulding

Brian Richard Light

Emad Al-Regib

Matthew Luke Fyie

Matthew Stephen Eiszler

Ronald Gaw

Eric S Richardson

Steve Adam Hermann

A transaxle and a parking actuator assembly are provided. The parking actuator assembly may include an actuator, a rack, and the biasing member. The actuator may include a pin biased towards an extended position. The rack may be configured to carry a parking rod and may define first and second ramped recesses each configured to receive the pin. The biasing member may be coupled with the rack and may be configured to bias the parking rod towards engagement with a parking mechanism.

Vehicle transaxle and parking actuator assembly

A magnetic field sensor is employed to determine a rotational velocity of an element by sensing frequency variations in a magnetic flux during rotation of the element. The magnetic field sensor includes a sensor face provided with obstacles, such as a series of spaced, substantially parallel grooves arranged perpendicular to a direction in which contamination tends to move across the face during operation of the sensor. The obstacles inhibit movement of contamination across the face such that the contamination does not cause false variations in the magnetic flux which would degrade sensor signals.

Method and apparatus for preventing contamination from affecting magnetic field sensors

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Grosse Pointe Park, MI, United States of America

Gerard Patrick Kuchta