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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1999
Edmund Sander, Leonberg, DE;
Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, Weissach, DE;
Abstract
A locking device for a rotatable latching element with a bending spring is provided for a gear selecting system of a motor vehicle. In order to improve such a locking device in terms of the structural cost required, it is proposed to locate the bending spring on the latching element. A first end of the bending spring is mounted in a fixed location on the latching element and the bending spring rests at a distance from its second free end on a support located on the latching element. Corresponding to the free end of the bending spring, a shoulder is provided in the vicinity of a rotational axis of the latching element on the housing of the selecting device. To unlock the locking device, an actuating element engages between the fixed bearing and the support for the bending spring.