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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2018
Gkn Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Sascha Miebach, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Mark Schmidt, Königswinter, DE;
Simon Broicher, Hürth, DE;
Ervin Szilagyi, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
GKN Automotive Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Abstract
A parking lock unit for a drive assembly, in particular with an electric motor, comprises a parking lock housing, a ratchet wheel rotationally fixedly connected to a part of the drive assembly, which is rotatably supported about a rotational axis by at least one bearing, and comprising a connecting portion and an engagement portion which are connected to one another via a web portion; a locking element which is supported in the parking lock housing and can lock and release a rotational movement of the parking ratchet wheel about a longitudinal axis of the parking ratchet wheel, and a controllable locking actuator which can reversibly transfer the locking element into a position locking the parking ratchet wheel and a position releasing the parking ratchet wheel, wherein the parking ratchet wheel is formed such that the engagement portion is axially offset with respect to the connecting portion.