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Parking lock unit and drive arrangement

US11313464B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

GKN Automotive Limited · DE

Inventors

Sascha Miebach · Neunkirchen, DE
Mark Schmidt · Forest Lake, US
Simon Broicher · Hürth, DE
Ervin Szilagyi · Neunkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2018
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H2057/02034
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A parking lock unit for a drive assembly, in particular with an electric motor, comprises a parking lock housing, a ratchet wheel rotationally fixedly connected to a part of the drive assembly, which is rotatably supported about a rotational axis by at least one bearing, and comprising a connecting portion and an engagement portion which are connected to one another via a web portion; a locking element which is supported in the parking lock housing and can lock and release a rotational movement of the parking ratchet wheel about a longitudinal axis of the parking ratchet wheel, and a controllable locking actuator which can reversibly transfer the locking element into a position locking the parking ratchet wheel and a position releasing the parking ratchet wheel, wherein the parking ratchet wheel is formed such that the engagement portion is axially offset with respect to the connecting portion.

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