Patent · US Expired

torque mechanism for a power transmission

US5531303A · kind A · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1994
Grant dateJul 2, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2136
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A parking pawl is pivotally mounted on a transmission housing for selective engagement with a park gear which is rotatable with a transmission output shaft disposed along a longitudinal axis in the transmission housing. The pawl is moved into engagement with the park gear by an axial face cam which is disposed for rotation on an axis supported transversely of the transmission housing.

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