Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle transaxle and parking actuator assembly
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Application No.: US14790161Application Date: 2015-07-02
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Publication No.: US09855930B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Emad Al-Regib , Todd Curtis Spaulding , Matthew Stephen Eiszler , Gerard Patrick Kuchta , Brian Richard Light , Eric S. Richardson , Ronald Gaw
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David Kelley
- Main IPC: B60T1/00
- IPC: B60T1/00 ; B60T13/74 ; B60T1/06 ; F16D63/00 ; F16D127/06

Abstract:
A transaxle and a parking actuator assembly are provided. The parking actuator assembly may include an actuator, a rack, and the biasing member. The actuator may include a pin biased towards an extended position. The rack may be configured to carry a parking rod and may define first and second ramped recesses each configured to receive the pin. The biasing member may be coupled with the rack and may be configured to bias the parking rod towards engagement with a parking mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170001604A1 VEHICLE TRANSAXLE AND PARKING ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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