Park lock device for use with automatic transmission

摘要

Herein disclosed is an improved arrangement of a park lock device for use with an automatic transmission, by which the transmission casing can be constructed simple and compact in size. The park lock device comprises a parking gear secured to the output shaft of the transmission to rotate therewith; a parking pawl pivotally connected to the casing to lock and unlock the parking gear, the pawl including first and second wing portions which extend in the opposed directions from the pivoted portion of the pawl, the first wing portion being formed with a tooth lockably engageable with a tooth gap of the parking gear; and an actuating mechanism having a cam member which is slidably engageable with the second wing portion to pivot the parking pawl in a direction to achieve the locking engagement between the tooth of the parking pawl and the tooth gap of the parking gear. The actuating mechanism is positioned essentially inboard of the parking pawl with respect to the transmission casing.