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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Christopher J. Landino, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Stephen W. Powell, South Lyon, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A parking pawl actuation assembly for a transmission includes a shaft, a hub member rotatably supported by the shaft, a cam plate and lever plate rotatably supported by the hub member, a first resilient member disposed between the cam plate and the lever plate, and wherein the resilient member applies a rotational force on the cam plate in a first rotational direction when the lever plate is rotated in the first rotational direction, an actuator configured to selectively rotate the lever plate to one of a plurality of positions, and a parking pawl member configured to engage the cam plate and the parking gear of the transmission.