Device For Controlling A Gearbox And A Parking Brake Of A Motor Vehicle, Using A Common Operating Lever

A device for controlling a gearbox and a parking brake of a vehicle by means of a common control lever, the said lever having a trigger that is retractable against a travel limiter for engagement of the reverse gear;

• the lever is interlocked with a mechanism for switching from one position, allowing the engagement and selection of gears, to another position for applying the parking brake, with the possibility of selecting and engaging a gear;
• the lever base has a spherical body equipped with a multi-directional movement capability in a mounting, while being equipped for the engagement and selection of gears,
• characterized by the fact that the spherical body has, at its midpoint position, a disc mounted to rotate freely in a vertical plane, and traversed by the end of the lever, with the ability to slide against an elastic component;
• the said end has a temporary coupling device between the disc and the spherical body;
• the said device is able to interoperate, through force of pressure exerted on the lever, with a carriage controlled by a cable associated with the parking brake;
• the said carriage is movable within the mounting in which the spherical body is mounted, so as to cause—under an effect of angular movement of the lever—a movement of the said carriage and the said mounting, to exert a traction force on the cable;
• the angular movement of the said mounting engages a system of teeth with a retractable ratchet, in order to block the traction force on the cable, with the lever being returned to the position of coupling of the disc and the body via the elastic component, to allow the possible engagement of a gear.