DEVICE FOR LOCKING AN OPERATING ELEMENT OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DEVICE AND SWITCHING DEVICE FOR SWITCHING AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE

摘要

A device (108) for locking an operating element (106) of an automatic transmission of a vehicle comprises a rotatably mounted latching comb (110) which is directly coupled to the operating element (106) and has a locking contour (200), a locking element (112) which is designed to be arranged in a first position outside of the locking contour (200) so as to release the latching comb (110) for a rotational movement to permit an adjusting movement of the operating element (106) and to be arranged in a second position in the locking contour (200) so as to fix the latching comb (110) to lock the operating element (106), and a rotatably mounted adjusting ring (114) having a control contour (202) for guiding the locking element (112) between the first position and the second position.