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Device for operating a parking lock

US8931612B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 2011
Grant dateJan 13, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H63/48
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for operating a parking lock of an automatic transmission in motor vehicles, with pawl which interacts with a ratchet wheel, which pawl is impinged upon by a spring energy accumulator (24) and for disengaging the parking lock can be hydraulically impinged upon against the preload force of the spring energy accumulator (24) by a hydraulic transmission control with corresponding control valves, wherein the control valves are controllable in accordance with operating parameters of the motor vehicle and a electromagnetically operable locking element (28), which in the controlled state in defined operating conditions additionally holds the pawl in the disengaged position. According to the invention, a purely hydraulically acting self locking valve (40) is integrated in the hydraulic transmission control (10), which locking valve maintains the controlled system pressure when the parking lock operation (14) is pressurized or when the parking lock is disengaged.

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