Sliding parking switch
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHajime Yamada
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Abstract
A sliding parking switch assembly and method for a vehicle includes a transmission operating mode selector for an automatic transmission moveable between a park position and a drive position and a parking switch slidably moveable between a parking brake engaged position and a parking brake disengaged position. The parking switch blocks movement of the transmission operating mode selector from the park position to the drive position when the parking switch is in the parking brake engaged position.
Claims22
A sliding parking switch assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a transmission operating mode selector for an automatic transmission movable between a park position and a drive position;
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- a parking switch body disposed at or adjacent a vehicle surface from which the transmission operating mode selector protrudes and slidably movable between a parking brake engaged position and a parking brake disengaged position, the parking switch body blocking movement of the transmission operating mode selector from the park position to the drive position when the parking switch body is in the parking brake engaged position.
A vehicle parking switch, comprising:
- a parking switch body slidably movable between a parking brake engaged position wherein a parking brake is in an engaged state and a parking brake disengaged position wherein the parking brake is in a disengaged state, the parking switch body inhibiting movement of a transmission shift lever from a park position to a drive position when the parking switch body is in the parking brake engaged position for requiring manual movement of the parking switch body to the parking brake disengaged position before the transmission shift lever is movable to the drive position.
A parking switch method for a vehicle, comprising:
- providing a parking switch that is slidably movable between a parking brake engaged position wherein a parking brake of the vehicle is in an engaged state and a parking brake disengaged position wherein the parking brake is in a disengaged state, the parking switch arranged to block a transmission operating mode selector from moving to a drive position when the parking switch is in the parking brake engaged position;
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- sliding the parking switch to the parking brake engaged position when the transmission operating mode selector is in the park position to block the transmission operating mode selector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.