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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Kimura, Toyota, JP;
Kensuke Akimoto, Nagakute, JP;
Ryoki Il, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Asai, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 63/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 63/3425 (2013.01);
Abstract
A parking device includes a parking gear, a parking pawl, and a torsion spring. The parking gear is directly coupled to an axle. The parking pawl is pivotably supported by a fulcrum pin and provided with a claw configured to be able to mesh with a tooth space of the parking gear. The torsion spring is fitted on the fulcrum pin, with a first end of the torsion spring mounted on the parking pawl and a second end of the torsion spring mounted on a holding member that holds the fulcrum pin.