Locking arrangement

US10107396B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG · AT

Inventors

• Rainer Hofkirchner · Ternitz, AT
• Stefan Merz · Wien, AT
• Christian Reisinger · Leonding, AT
• Michael Schaffenberger · Gleisdorf, AT
• Bernhard Steiner · Viehdorf, AT
• Andreas Schmidhofer · Bruck an der Mur, AT
• Christoph Öberseder · Eferding, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H63/3491
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A locking arrangement for a transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising a locking toothing; a locking pawl, wherein the locking pawl is pivotable about a first rotary axis; a control element, wherein the locking pawl can be brought optionally into engagement with the locking toothing via the control element; a drive unit, wherein the control element can be brought by means of the drive unit into a release position and a locking position; a holding mechanism, wherein the control element can be held by means of the holding mechanism in the release position and in the locking position; and a safety mechanism comprising an electromagnet, an actuator and a first elastic element, wherein the actuator is pretensioned in a first actuator position by the first elastic element and can be held in a second actuator position by the electromagnet.