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Apparatus for facilitating release of the parking lock

  • US 20080051252A1
  • Filed: 08/01/2007
  • Published: 02/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus that facilitates release of a parking lock by reducing an applied load on the parking lock, the apparatus comprising:

  • a control portion that executes a parking lock load reducing routine to apply torque to a parking gear in a direction that will reduce the applied load between the parking gear and a parking pole while movement of a driving wheel is restricted by a restricting force, and to reduce the restricting force on the driving wheel until the parking gear is rotated by the torque, when releasing the parking lock of an automatic transmission.

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