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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Dana Automotive Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 63/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 63/3491 (2013.01); F16H 63/3425 (2013.01); F16H 63/3475 (2013.01);
Abstract
A park lock unit and method for operation of said unit are provided. In one example, the park lock unit includes a sliding assembly that engages and disengages a parking pawl from a toothed wheel and an electronic actuation assembly configured to engage the parking pawl with the toothed wheel when electric power provided to the electronic actuation assembly drops below a threshold value. The park lock unit further includes a manual release mechanism configured to disengage the parking pawl from the toothed wheel in response to operator input.