Parking device for automatic transmission

The parking apparatus of an automatic transmission, comprising:

• a parking gear;
• a parking pole swingably disposed and having a claw arranged to selectively be engaged with a tooth space of said parking gear;
• engagement inhibition means disposed movably and arranged to be moved to an inhibition position for inhibiting engagement between said claw and said tooth space and to an inhibition release position for releasing said engagement;
• a friction engagement element arranged to be engaged when a predetermined drive range has been selected and released when a parking range has been selected;
• and
• engagement inhibition release means for bringing said engagement inhibition means to the inhibition release position in accordance with a state of said friction engagement element.

A parking apparatus of an automatic transmission, comprising:

• a parking gear;
• a parking pole disposed swingably and having a claw arranged to selectively be engaged with a tooth space of said parking gear;
• engagement inhibition means disposed movably and arranged to be moved to an inhibition position for inhibiting engagement between said claw and said tooth space and to an inhibition release position for releasing inhibition of said engagement;
• and
• engagement inhibition release means for moving said engagement inhibition means to the inhibition release position in accordance with a residual torque existing between said parking gear and drive wheels upon stop of a vehicle.