Actuating device comprising a locking mechanism

An actuating device for selecting shift steps of a gearshift transmission, the actuating device comprising:

• a selector lever that is movable between two drive-setting positions;
• a locking mechanism for restricting a range of movement of the selector lever and locking the selector lever in certain drive-setting positions;
• the locking mechanism comprises a locking recess that is connected to the selector lever such that the selector lever and the locking recess are fixed in relation to each other and pivot about a pivot bearing axis in relation to a base of the actuating device;
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• a substantially prismatic locking cam that extends along a longitudinal axis, the locking cam, when actuated, rotates with respect to the locking recess about a rotational axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the locking cam, the locking cam is engagable within the locking recess at different rotational locking orientations located about the rotational axis of the locking cam to lock the selector lever in the certain drive-setting positions;
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• the locking cam, in a first rotational locking orientation about the rotational axis, engages a first face of the locking recess and restricts the range of movement of the selector lever to one range and in a second rotational locking orientation about the rotational axis, the locking cam engages a second face of the locking recess and restricts the range of movement of the selector lever to another range.

An actuating device for selecting shift steps of a gearshift transmission, the actuating device comprising:

• a selector lever that is shiftable between a plurality of drive-setting positions;
• a locking mechanism for restricting pivotal shifting movement of the selector lever between the plurality of drive-setting positions;
• the locking mechanism comprises a locking member that is connected to the selector lever such that the locking member and the selector lever are fixed in relation to each other, one end of the locking member is pivotably supported by a base of the actuating device to pivot about a pivot axis such that the selector lever and the locking member pivot together about the pivot axis in relation to the base of the actuating device, a remote end of the locking member, opposite the pivot axis, comprises a locking recess that receives a substantially prismatic locking cam;
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• the locking cam rotates about a rotational axis that is parallel to the pivot axis of the selector lever and the locking member, the locking cam in a first rotational position has an outer profile that abuts a first point of an inner profile of the locking recess to restrict the pivotal shifting movement of the selector lever in one pivot direction and the outer profile of the locking cam, when the locking cam is in a second rotational position abuts a second point of the inner profile of the locking recess to restrict the pivotal shifting movement of the selector lever in an opposite pivot direction.