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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2002
Applicants:
James R. Yurgil, Livonia, MI (US);
David Gordon Evans, Rochester, MI (US);
Inventors:
James R. Yurgil, Livonia, MI (US);
David Gordon Evans, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 41/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The hill-holding mechanism of the present invention comprises an apparatus and methodology for actuating a transmission control element to prevent the output shaft of an automatic transmission in a hybrid vehicle from rotating under certain predetermined circumstances.