Manual park release for electronically shiftable transmissions

A manual park release system for an electronically shifted transmission, the system comprising:

• a park release linkage assembly configured to couple to the transmission and shift the transmission between a park gear and an out-of-park gear;
• a manual park release cable having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the park release linkage assembly;
• and
• a rotary actuator assembly comprising:
• a cable link coupled to the second end of manual park release cable;
• a key configured to engage and rotate the cable link;
• wherein the key rotates the cable link between a first position, a second position, and a third position;
• wherein in the first position the cable link is in an inactive position;
• wherein in the second position the cable link is configured to move the manual park release cable to shift the transmission to the out-of-park gear;
• and
• wherein in the third position the cable link is configured to move the manual park release cable to shift the transmission to the park gear.