Anti-theft rollaway prevention handle assembly incorporated into a manual park release mechanism
AssigneeKuster North America, Inc.
InventorsCalogero Alu, Brian Andrew Mayville, Christopher Soave
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Abstract
An anti-theft and rollaway prevention handle assembly integrated into a park release mechanism of a vehicle. A housing has a recessed configuration supporting a park release pull handle engaged to the housing in a stowed position and preventing access to the handle. An unlock mechanism communicates with the handle via a latch such that, upon actuating the unlock mechanism, the latch being displaced to release the handle to project outwardly from the recessed configuration, permitting grasping of the same by a user in order to actuate the vehicle from the park position.
Claims17
An anti-theft and rollaway prevention handle assembly integrated into a park release mechanism of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing having a recessed configuration supporting a park release pull handle engaged to said housing in a stowed position and preventing access to said handle;
- an unlock mechanism communicating with said handle via a latch such that, upon actuating said unlock mechanism, said latch releasing said handle to project outwardly from said recessed configuration, permitting grasping of the same by a user in order to actuate the vehicle from the park position;
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- said unlock mechanism further including a rotatable cap supported over a torsion spring mounted upon a projecting post of said housing.
A handle assembly integrated into a park release mechanism of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing having a recessed configuration supporting a park release pull handle engaged to said housing in a stowed position and preventing access to said handle;
- a base of said handle including an outer coaxial portion displaceable relative to an inner coaxial portion;
- a spring bias influencing said outer coaxial portion in an outwardly displacing direction relative to said inner coaxial portion;
- an elongated latch configured within said housing, an intermediate portion of said latch engaging said outer coaxial portion of said handle in a first configuration to prevent outward displacement relative to said inner coaxial portion;
- a transmission actuating cable channeled within an arcuate guiding interior of said housing and including a mounting portion secured to a base location of said inner coaxial portion;
- an unlock mechanism which, upon engagement, laterally displacing said latch out of contact with said outer coaxial portion, allowing said handle to project outwardly from said recessed configuration, permitting grasping of the same by a user in order to displace said transmission cable to actuate the vehicle from a park position;
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- said unlock mechanism further including a rotatable cap portion mounted over a first post and against which said latch is biased.
An anti-theft and rollaway prevention handle assembly integrated into a park release mechanism of a vehicle, comprising:
- a housing having a recessed configuration supporting a park release pull handle engaged to said housing in a stowed position and preventing access to said handle;
- a cable connected to said handle at a first end and channeled along a guiding interior of said housing, said cable connecting to a pivotally mounted guiding component at a second end, said guiding interior further comprising an arcuate guide wall integrated into said housing;
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- an unlock mechanism communicating with said handle via a latch such that, upon actuating said unlock mechanism, said latch releasing said handle to project outwardly from said recessed configuration, permitting grasping of the same by a user in order to actuate said guiding component and, by extension, the vehicle transmission in order to disengage the vehicle from the park position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.