The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Yukihiro Tanigawa, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/00 (2006.01); B60T 7/10 (2006.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01); F16H 63/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 1/005 (2013.01); B60T 7/102 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); F16H 63/3416 (2013.01); F16H 63/3491 (2013.01);
Abstract
The vehicle includes a SBW actuator capable of switching between a locked state in which the drive wheels of the vehicle are restrained from rotating and an unlocked state in which the rotation of the drive wheels is not restrained by the actuator, a parking lock releasing operation unit for switching the locked state of SBW actuator to an unlocked state by manual operation, and an undercover covering a lower portion of the parking lock releasing operation unit, and the undercover is provided with a through hole, and the parking lock releasing operation unit is exposed downward from the through hole.