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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Todd Curtis Spaulding, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Emad Al-Regib, Westland, MI (US);
Salim Sandakli, Detroit, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a park lock system for an automatic transmission. In one example, a park lock system may include a slideable element coupled to a park rod, a lock slot formed by the slideable element, a cam coupled to an end of a shaft, the shaft positioned within a solenoid and moveable by energization of the solenoid, and a pivotable pawl adapted to couple with the lock slot. In one example, the pivotable pawl is coupled to the lock slot by energization of the solenoid, and a position of the slideable element is locked.