Compact park lock assembly

A park lock assembly for locking and unlocking a park lock gear of a vehicle comprising;

• a locking lever which is pivotable into and out of engagement with a park lock gear between an unlocked position and a locked, Park, position;
• a guide plate, which slidably supports a park lock roller assembly having rollers which contact said locking lever and actuate said locking lever to lock and unlock the park lock gear, said guide plate being displaceable in a movement direction between locking and unlocking positions for displacing said park lock roller assembly in said movement direction to pivot said locking lever;
• an abutment plate member operatively engaged with said guide plate, which includes a spring section for retaining said guide plate in said locking position and said unlocking position, said abutment plate member being formed as a single-piece comprising a body portion and said spring section which extends in cantilevered relation from said body portion;
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• said guide plate including an alignment formation for maintaining alignment of said guide plate during movement thereof, a rack comprising a plurality of gear teeth that is engagable with and drivable by an actuator gear pinion, and a detent feature which is engagable with said spring section for said retaining of said guide plate, said guide plate being formed as a single-piece defined by first and second side walls, and first and second end walls oriented transverse to said first and second side walls, said first and second side walls being disposed in parallel relation by said second end wall extending therebetween.