Shifter with park lock and neutral lock device

A shifter for shifting a vehicle transmission between a plurality of gear positions, comprising:

• a base including notches corresponding to the gear positions;
• a shift lever pivoted to the base for movement along a first path between the gear positions and pivoted for movement into and along a second path that extends parallel the first path, the shift lever being adapted to shift the transmission in a first manner when in the first path and to shift the transmission in a second manner when in the second path, the shift lever including a post and a pawl operably mounted on the post for engaging the notches to control movement of the shift lever between the gear positions;
• and
• a releasing member attached to the base that is configured to abuttingly engage and retract the pawl of the shift lever, causing the pawl to move in a direction parallel to a centerline of the post to disengage the notches when the shift lever is moved to the second path.

A shifter for shifting a transmission between different gear positions including park, reverse, neutral, and drive gear positions, comprising:

• a base;
• a shift lever pivoted to the base for movement between shift lever positions corresponding to the different gear positions, the shift lever including a flange with an elongated arcuate slot with an enlarged park pocket and an enlarged neutral pocket;
• a control circuit adapted to sense at least one vehicle condition;
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• an electromechanical device having an extendable pin that is continuously positioned in the arcuate slot in all positions of the shift lever, the extendable pin being configured to engage the neutral pocket and lock the shift lever in the neutral shift lever position until first predetermined vehicle conditions are met, the extendable pin being configured to engage the park pocket and lock the shift lever in the park shift lever position until second predetermined vehicle conditions are met.