Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for parking brake systems for use in, for example, an aircraft. In this regard, a system is provided comprising a parking brake system for an aircraft comprising an electric motor coupled to a high gear ratio transmission, a first clutch for engaging the electric motor to a propulsion transmission, and a second clutch for engaging propulsion transmission to an aircraft wheel. The high gear ratio transmission has a gear ratio sufficient to maintain the aircraft wheel in a stationary position.

Abstract: A built-in parking locking device of vehicle comprises a lock base (2) which is fixed on a box body (12) which supports a transmission rotating shaft (8) and a lock core (6) which is matched on the transmission rotating shaft (8) with a spline and can move axially pulled by a pulling fork (9). The lock base is provided with a lock pin (3); the lock core is provided with a positioning hole (6a) used for circumferential positioning; the rotating shaft passes through the circle center hole of the lock base and is supported on the box body; after the lock core moves towards the lock base direction, the positioning hole (6a) used for the circumferential positioning and the lock pin (3) on the lock base are matched so as to form circumferential fixing; the pulling fork (9) is connected with a gear shifting cam (11).

Abstract: A power transmission arrangement includes a differential gear adapted to transfer power from an input shaft to a first output shaft, and a first brake adapted to effect the first output shaft and a second brake adapted to effect the input shaft.

Abstract: The invention refers to a locking unit for locking the movement of a piston drivable by a drive. The locking unit comprises a solenoid and a catch assembly. The catch assembly has a spring section and a latch section, wherein the elastic spring section angles the catch assembly against an armature rod. In a locking position, the latch section blocks the movement of the piston. In an unlocking position, the movement of the piston is released. The latch section is equipped at least with a reinforcement acting in the direction of movement of the piston.

Abstract: A parking lock device of a gearbox is provided. The device includes a gearbox shaft, a gearbox housing, a locking ring which may be displaced axially along the gearbox shaft, a control ring which may be moved axially relative to the locking ring and the gearbox shaft. A movement of the control ring relative to the locking ring axially along the gearbox shaft causes an axial movement of the locking ring axially along the gearbox shaft, and the control ring displaces the locking ring in an activated state axially along the gearbox shaft to a predetermined axial position along the gearbox shaft. The gearbox shaft, the gearbox housing and the locking ring are designed and adapted to one another in such a way that in an activated state of the locking ring there is a positive engagement between the gearbox shaft, the gearbox housing and the locking ring.

Abstract: A drivetrain of a motor vehicle having a parking lock for selectively locking the drivetrain, and having an electric motor and a power axle, which is permanently drive-coupled to the electric motor and which via a disconnect clutch can be selectively drive-coupled to at least one wheel of the motor vehicle. The parking lock and the disconnect clutch can be actuated by a common actuator.

Abstract: A brake mechanism includes a fixed housing in which the brake mechanism substantially resides. A plate closes the fixed housing and includes a cylindrical portion extending partially within the fixed housing. A parking piston and a service piston are employed to act against a brake stack which includes a plurality of stators and rotors interleaved together. A wear adjuster is press-tit onto the cylindrical portion of the plate and engages the service piston daring actuation of the service piston and compensates for wear of friction material from the rotors or stators such that the distance between the service piston and the brake stack is substantially the same during the life of the brake mechanism. If neither the service piston nor the parking piston engage the brake stack prohibiting rotation of the input drive, the planetary gear set drives the rotating output drive with respect to the fixed housing.

Abstract: An operating system for a parking brake, in particular of a motor vehicle, includes an operating element which is manually brought from a release position to a brake position for engaging the parking brake and which can be removed from the brake position without disengaging the parking brake. The operating system includes a follower element which is connected to the operating element such that the follower element follows any movement of the operating element. Further, the operating system includes a releasable locking mechanism with a locking element to lock the follower element in the brake position and a separating element which allows to separate the connection between the operating element and the follower element independently from the releasable locking mechanism.

Abstract: Disclosed is a parking lock apparatus which can prevent an electric actuator from being accessed from the outside of the vehicle, and thereby can prevent the function of the parking lock apparatus from being lowered as well as can reduce the production cost in comparison with the conventional parking lock apparatus. The parking lock apparatus comprises an electric actuator 11 to be activated in response to the shift operation, and a parking lock apparatus 12 capable of selectively taking a parking lock maintained state to have the stoppage state of a vehicle 1 maintained or a parking lock released state to have the stoppage state of the vehicle 1 released. The electric actuator 11 is disposed between a first housing 1H partly constituting an engine 2 for generating a power and a second housing 2H partly constituting a transaxle 3 for transmitting the power generated by the engine 2.

Abstract: An operating device for a vehicle with an automated transmission and an electrically actuated parking brake system. The device includes a mechanical actuating element for inputting operating commands from the user and a control unit for converting the operating commands into control signals for the transmission and the parking brake system. The actuating element has at least first and second successive stable positions, a neutral position and a return position. In the first stable position, an operating command is generated for the parking brake system to actuate the parking brake device and, in the second stable position, an operating command is generated for the transmission to actuate the parking lock device. The actuating element combines two different actuating elements into an operating device which enables the driver to choose whether, besides activation of the parking brake system, he wishes to additionally engage the parking lock system associated with the transmission.

Abstract: A transmission braking system includes a vehicle drive train and at least one hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor includes a front shaft and a rear shaft. The rear shaft has an anti-rotation element. An engagement mechanism is slidably affixed to the vehicle drive train, and selectively couples with the anti-rotation element to militate against a rotation of the front and rear shafts. A four-wheel locking system is also provided. The four wheel locking system includes a shaft-coupling engagement mechanism slidably affixed to one of the hydraulic motors. The shaft-coupling engagement mechanism selectively couples with the anti-rotation elements of the motors for allowing a summing of the output torque. The transmission braking system and the four-wheel locking system may be provided in a combined system.

Abstract: It is provided a shift control device for a vehicle having a parking lock device driven by an actuator to selectively switch switching positions between a lock position and an unlock position, wherein when a run-enable operation is made by a driver and a non-running state is switched to a running state, shift position recognizing control is executed for recognizing an initial switching position appearing at the beginning when the running state is established, by driving the actuator in response to switching position information indicative of the switching position on a stage before the running state is established, wherein: the non-running state is configured to be switched to the running state prior to the execution of the run-enable operation; and updating of the switching position information, stored in the switching position information storage device, is permitted to be executed subjected to the switching position recognizing control being executed.

Abstract: An emergency release device for manual actuation of the parking lock of a shift-by-wire transmission. The emergency release device comprises a mechanical transfer device located between an emergency release actuator and the transmission and engages a pivoting lever mechanism arranged on a transmission shifting shaft. A characterizing feature of the emergency release device is that the pivoting lever mechanism comprises a primary pivoting lever connected to the transfer device, a secondary pivoting lever connected to the transmission and a unidirectional coupling element located between the primary and the secondary pivoting levers. The advantage of this device relates to reduced susceptibility to corrosion, wear and noise emission and easier correct adjustment of the transfer device during assembly, while a separate prestressing mechanism for the cable of the emergency parking lock release can be omitted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a selective freewheeling mechanism for developing an electromechanical vehicle brake (service brake) into a parking brake. The freewheeling mechanism according to the invention has an outer ring and a locking element cage which are configured as an electric motor with a rotor and a stator. The rotor and stator can be swiveled in relation to each other when a coil is supplied with current. Due to a symmetric design, the freewheeling mechanism is advantageously insensitive to acceleration forces.

Abstract: An automatic manual transmission having: at least one primary shaft; at least one secondary shaft; a plurality of gear pairs, each of which mechanically couples the primary shaft to the secondary shaft; a plurality of synchronizers, each of which is mounted coaxial to a shaft, is coupled to a gear of at least one gear pair, and is adapted to be actuated to engage the gear to the shaft; a plurality of forks, which actuate the synchronizers and are movable; a parking lock device which may be actuated to prevent the rotation of the secondary shaft; and a connecting device, which is mechanically connected on one side to a first fork and on the other side to the parking lock device to transmit the movement of the first fork to the parking lock device so as to control the activation and deactivation of the parking lock device itself by exploiting the movement of the first fork.

Abstract: A device (1) for actuating a parking lock comprises an emergency release mechanism. The device (1) for actuating the parking lock comprises an electric actuator (2) with an actuator output element (3) which is moveable in translation, and the actuator output element (3), when moved in a first direction, disengages the parking lock and when moved in an opposite second direction, engages the parking lock. The actuator output element (3) is connected to the parking lock by a clutch (6), and the clutch is disengageable, by the emergency release mechanism, to permit manual movement of the clutch in the first direction to disengage the parking lock.

Abstract: A vehicle power transmission device includes: a first power transmission member including a cylindrical shaft end portion rotatably supported via a first bearing on an inner circumferential side of a non-rotating support wall; and a second power transmission member supported on the inside of the cylindrical shaft end portion via a second bearing radially overlapping with the first bearing by the cylindrical shaft end portion to be rotatable concentrically and relatively to the first power transmission member, the second power transmission member including a circular disc gear portion protruded to an outer circumferential side at a predetermined distance from the second bearing in a shaft center direction of the second power transmission member, at a portion facing the first bearing, the gear portion having an annular inner circumferential guide protruding portion for guiding to the first bearing a lubricant oil that passes through the second bearing for lubrication, that enters into a gap between the second b

Abstract: A torque based park lock assembly for motor vehicles, especially passenger cars and trucks equipped with automatic transmissions, includes a lobed wheel secured to a transmission output shaft and a rotation restricting flexible lever which may be selectively moved into engagement with the lobed wheel by a cam. A bi-directional motor rotates the cam. A return spring translates the lever away from the lobed wheel when the cam is rotated into a disengaged (non-Park) position.

Abstract: A parking brake and method of operating same are provided for a vehicle. The parking brake is integrated in a transmission of the vehicle. A parking brake actuator is provided to open and close the parking brake, the actuator being bias tensioned via a spring element. A bistable control element is provided, which activates the parking brake actuator to open and close the parking brake.

Abstract: A combined vehicle brake which has a hydraulically actuable service brake and an electromechanically actuable parking brake device, a hydraulic service pressure space being delimited in a brake housing by a brake piston which can be acted upon by hydraulic pressure medium in order to execute service braking operations, so that the brake piston can be actuated along a piston longitudinal axis in order to achieve a braking action, and the parking brake device acting on the brake piston by a gear, in that the gear converts the rotational movement of an electromechanical actuator into a translational movement and causes an actuation of the brake piston in order to execute parking braking operations and holds the said brake piston in the actuated position, the gear having a threaded spindle and a threaded nut which are in contact with one another via a plurality of rolling bodies.

Abstract: A vehicle brake unit is provided for use with a drive train having a drive train subassembly. The brake unit comprises a brake unit housing for enclosing a braking mechanism, the braking mechanism arranged to act on a power shaft configured for operatively connecting the output drive shaft of the drive train subassembly with a further drive shaft, in order to transfer power therebetween. The brake unit housing is arranged for mounting directly to a housing of the drive train subassembly. In one embodiment of the invention, the brake unit housing replaces the rear tail housing of a four-wheel drive transfer case.

Abstract: A built-in parking locking device of vehicle comprises a lock base (2) which is fixed on a box body (12) which supports a transmission rotating shaft (8) and a lock core (6) which is matched on the transmission rotating shaft (8) with a spline and can move axially pulled by a pulling fork (9). The lock base is provided with a lock pin (3); the lock core is provided with a positioning hole (6a) used for circumferential positioning; the rotating shaft passes through the circle center hole of the lock base and is supported on the box body; after the lock core moves towards the lock base direction, the positioning hole (6a) used for the circumferential positioning and the lock pin (3) on the lock base are matched so as to form circumferential fixing; the pulling fork (9) is connected with a gear shifting cam (11).

Abstract: A torque based park lock assembly for motor vehicles, especially passenger cars and trucks equipped with automatic transmissions, includes a lobed wheel secured to a transmission output shaft and a rotation restricting flexible lever which may be selectively moved into engagement with the lobed wheel by a cam. A bi-directional motor rotates the cam. A return spring translates the lever away from the lobed wheel when the cam is rotated into a disengaged (non-Park) position.

Abstract: According to an operation of a shift lever to parking range, a cam member at a parking rod comes in between a parking pole and a support member, and the parking pole swings so that a pawl portion of the parking rod can engage with a parking gear. A concave holding portion to hold the support member is formed at a transmission case. The support member comprises a first cylindrical outer face having a first radius R1 which is supported in a concave inner face the concave holding portion to rotate in a specified range and a second cylindrical outer face (cam-contact portion) having a second radius R2 which contacts a cam member. The first radius R1 has a center which is located at the same position as that of the second radius R2. Herein, R2 is shorter than R1.

Abstract: A torque based park lock assembly for motor vehicles, especially passenger cars and trucks equipped with automatic transmissions, includes a lobed wheel secured to a transmission output shaft and a rotation restricting flexible lever which may be selectively moved into engagement with the lobed wheel by a cam. A bidirectional motor rotates the cam. A return spring translates the lever away from the lobed wheel when the cam is rotated into a disengaged (non-Park) position.

Abstract: A vehicle transmission having shifting elements (A-E) and a parking brake for locking a drive train output and a method for controlling the transmission. Activation of the parking brake depends on a driver's control action. Deactivating the parking brake, when the vehicle is on a slope greater or lesser than a preset value and depending on the slope, a combination of shifting elements (A, D) or (B, D) frictionally slip, such that the output rotates against the strain on a parking brake locking element, caused by the slope, to partially eliminate this strain. Next, one of shifting elements (C, A or B) engages locking the output. The parking brake is then released and finally, the engaged shifting element (C or A or B) is disengaged in a regulated manner, such that the output can be driven according to the driver's control action.

Abstract: A drive assembly for a working vehicle has an improved cruise control and parking brake engagement lever. The drive assembly includes a speed and direction control linkage operatively connecting the speed input mechanism with the transmission drive unit and a braking linkage operatively connected to the brake input mechanism for selectively slowing or stopping the movement of the drive wheel. A cruise control/parking brake engagement linkage interacts with the speed and direction control linkage and the braking linkage when the speed and direction control linkage and the braking linkage are in select conditions. The cruise control/parking brake engagement linkage has a single cruise control/parking brake operating lever that, upon actuation, locks the braking linkage in the brake engaged position to engage the parking brake feature and locks the speed and direction control linkage in a position corresponding to a desired speed to engage the cruise control feature.

Abstract: A braking system including a brake, a brake actuator which is operable to apply a force to the brake to effect braking, an automatic braking controller, and a manually operable brake actuator control device, the brake actuator control device including a manually operable control part which is movable between a release position and an apply position and which is adapted such that movement of the control part by a user from the release position to the apply position causes the brake actuator to apply the brake and movement of the control part by a user from the apply position to the release position causes the brake actuator to release the brake, the brake actuator control device being characterized in that it further includes a control actuator which engages with the control part and which is adapted to effect movement of the control part from the release position to the apply position on receipt of an appropriate signal from the automatic braking controller.

Abstract: A transmission for an internal combustion apparatus is provided in which a parking lock mechanism is commonly formed with an upstream side portion of a power transmission system of a shift change mechanism, whereby the number of parts is reduced and the parking lock mechanism is compactly incorporated therein to achieve miniaturization of the internal combustion engine. The transmission in which a shift change mechanism performs a shift change in response to an operation of a gear selecting apparatus is configured to include a parking lock mechanism which is driven in an interlocking relationship with a working portion of the shift change mechanism, and if the shift change mechanism is set to the parking position, then a rotary shaft of the transmission is locked against rotation by the parking lock mechanism thereby restricting rotation of the rotary shaft.

Abstract: A device is provided for actuation of a parking lock of a vehicle transmission that is automatically operated in particular, whereby the parking lock can be brought into a locked position by means of a spring mechanism and can be brought out of the locked position and into an unlocked position by means of an actuator, and an electrically operated actuator is provided, acting upon a locking latch arranged in the unlocked position of the parking lock with a locking slide in an engaged position so that the engaged position can be released such that the spring mechanism brings the parking lock into the locked position.

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle includes an electrically operated parking brake drive device which generates an operating force for operating the wheel brakes or dedicated parking brakes in response to energization, and which operates even upon cancellation of the energization while in the operated state. A braking force related amount detector detects a physical quantity related to a braking force exhibited by each of the hydraulic pressure operated wheel brakes. When a detected physical quantity exceeds a reference value in a stopped state of the vehicle, a controller energizes the electrically operated parking brake drive device. Thus, the frequency of operation of the electrically operated parking brake drive device is decreased while eliminating inconvenient operations required to operate the electrically operated parking brake drive device, thereby reducing noise and improving durability.

Abstract: A parking brake and shift mechanism for vehicles comprises a transmission shaft, a parking shift gear wheel, a stopper, and a dog clutch. The parking shift gear wheel is provided with at least one tooth to move in conjunction with the axis of the transmission shaft. The stopper is provided with at least one groove which contains the tooth. The dog clutch is fixed on the transmission shaft and provided with at least one concavity for accommodating the tooth.

Abstract: The parking brake system that restricts or releases a parking gear by using an operational force by hydraulic pressure that is generated or removed according to whether the engine works and an operational force by an electromagnetic force, includes a position valve that outputs operational pressure supplied from a hydraulic pressure supplier, to a pressure control valve corresponding to a shift range including a parking range, a parking releasing valve that outputs operational pressure supplied from position valve at the other shift ranges than a parking range, a main actuator that releases a parking gear when an operational force is transmitted from parking releasing valve and restricts the parking gear when the operational force is removed, and/or a sub-actuator that releases the parking gear by providing an operational force to main actuator only when an engine works.

Abstract: During a period wherein a manual shift valve moves to a P gear range position after issuance of a D-to-P instruction instructing that a vehicle be stopped, an interior of an automatic transmission is interlocked. Specifically, the interior of the automatic transmission is interlocked by, in addition to engagement of a first clutch serving as a friction engagement element of a first gear range of the automatic transmission, by engaging a second brake causing an engine brake to act and a third brake forming a reverse gear range, and therefore, motion of the vehicle is prevented in a period between issuance of the P instruction instructing a vehicle stop operation, and actual shifting to the P gear range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a deceleration device for a vehicle comprising a planetary gear set having three parts of a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear; a driving motor connected and supplying a rotational force to one of the three parts of the planetary gear set; a speed control motor connected and supplying a changed rotational force to one of the other two parts than the part connected with the driving motor in the three parts of the planetary gear set; an output shaft connected to the other one part than the two parts connected with the driving motor and the speed control motor respectively in the three parts of the planetary gear set; and a motor controller controlling the driving motor and the speed control motor,

Abstract: A gearbox having an integral wet brake assembly is provided to replace the prior gearbox assembly of an underground mining machine. The brake housing is configured and contoured to be nestingly received upon the gearbox housing and without intrusion upon the output drive flanges. The brake housing includes concentric parking and service brake pistons adapted to engage and disengage a brake disc stack provided within a cavity machined into an end plate of the gear box assembly. An intermediate shaft of the gearbox is provided with a hub to engage the rotary discs of the brake disc stack. The parking brake is normally engaged by a spring and released by hydraulic pressure, while the service brake is normally released by a spring and engaged by hydraulic pressure.

Abstract: A park inhibit solenoid system and system incorporating the same. The solenoid may include a bracket at least a portion of which may be generally u-shaped with a downwardly oriented opening. A generally u-shaped follower is at least partially disposed in the bracket and extendable therefrom. A solenoid may force a roller into a notch formed in the follower.

Abstract: A park brake includes a brake lever that is movable about a primary and secondary pivot. The brake lever selectively rotates about the primary and secondary pivots changing a ratio of rotation of the brake lever relative to a cable.

Abstract: A braking method for a vehicle is proposed as a safety measure and replacement function if the brake system fails, in particular the X-by-wire brake system of a motor vehicle, in which the vehicle is braked with the help of the transmission by a defined engagement of frictional shift elements until the vehicle comes to rest, such that the combination of frictional shift elements actuated when the vehicle's working brake system fails does not correspond to the shift logic of a gear during normal driving operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for operating an electromechanically operable parking brake for motor vehicles with a driving motor furnished with a mechanical gearbox, uses a clutch pedal travel sensor to sense the position of a clutch pedal of the motor vehicle and a gear information sensor to find out whether the operator has selected a gear of the gearbox. Since the automated release operation of the parking brake is a safety-critical method, the signals of the clutch pedal travel sensor (18) and the gear information sensor (15) are checked in terms of their plausibility.

Abstract: An actuating device has an electric motor actuator, at least one output shaft coupled to at least one positioning element and a braking to stop device coupled with the electric motor actuator on the input side and with the output shaft on the output side or includes the output shaft. The braking to stop device has a brake body coupled with the output shaft and is arranged such that it is axially displaceable. The braking to stop device is constructed such that it makes it possible to convert a rotational motion on the input side into the axial lifting motion of the braking body for the displacement thereof from a braking position or positioning the braking body in a braking position. The braking to stop device is also constructed in such a way that it transmits the rotational motion on the input side to the braking body.

Abstract: When releasing a parking lock of an automatic transmission, an apparatus for facilitating release of the parking lock executes a routine to apply torque to a parking gear in a direction that will reduce an applied load between the parking gear and a parking pole while movement of a driving wheel is in a restricted state, and to reduce the restricting force on the driving wheel until the parking gear is rotated by the torque.

Abstract: A shifting device (1) for the mechanical coupling-free transmission of shift commands to an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle (shift-by-wire shifting), with at least one housing and/or one frame and one selector lever for the manual selection of shift commands for the vehicle transmission in at least one shift gate. The selector lever can be moved manually into at least four positions (P, R, N, D), pivotable about at least one shift axis. A transmission device(s) transmits the shift commands without mechanical coupling with the vehicle transmission (shift by wire). A mechanical coupling (16) is provided between the selector lever (2) and the transmission of the vehicle. This mechanical coupling (16) activates the parking brake exclusively and automatically when the selector lever (2) is engaged in the P position and is automatically uncoupled from the selector lever when the selector lever (2) is pivoted out beyond the adjacent position.

Abstract: A parking brake and shift mechanism for vehicles comprises a transmission shaft, a parking shift gear wheel, a stopper, and a dog clutch. The parking shift gear wheel is provided with at least one tooth to move in conjunction with the axis of the transmission shaft. The stopper is provided with at least one groove which contains the tooth. The dog clutch is fixed on the transmission shaft and provided with at least one concavity for accommodating the tooth.

Abstract: A parking device for vehicles in which when an engine is brought into a halt, a clutch is disconnected and the revolution of an input shaft of a transmission cannot be controlled by frictional force of the engine, the parking device includes a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lock mechanism which selectively engages with the parking gear, a change lever which instructs a gear position of the transmission and is mechanically coupled to the parking lock mechanism, a speed-change actuator for shifting the transmission to each gear position, a neutral position detection unit of the change lever, a parking operation detection unit, a vehicle speed sensor, a control unit, wherein the control unit sends a control signal to the speed-change actuator to bring the transmission into engagement with a gear position that corresponds to the traveling speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle including an electrically powered machine, a parking gear mechanically connected to the electrically powered machine, a parking lock mechanism that locks the parking gear, a sensor that detects a rotor position of the electrically powered machine, and a controller that reads the rotor position when a parking range is selected and judges, on the basis of a change in the rotor position, whether a failure has occurred in the parking lock mechanism.

Abstract: A gearshift unit (1) for electronic transmission control in motor vehicles including a gearshift lever housing (4) and a gearshift lever (5) moveable in relation to the gearshift lever housing (4), the gearshift lever being rotatable about a main pivot axis (6) of the gearshift lever (5) within an active position range for active gearshift positions and a neutral position.

Abstract: A parking device for vehicles in which when an engine is brought into a halt, a clutch is disconnected and the revolution of an input shaft of a transmission cannot be controlled by frictional force of the engine, the parking device comprising a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lock mechanism which selectively engages with the parking gear, a parking actuator for actuating the parking lock mechanism, a parking instruction device for instructing the parking, a speed-change actuator for shifting the transmission to each gear, and a control device. The control operates the speed-change actuator based on a signal from the parking instruction device to bring the transmission into engagement with a predetermined gear position and, thereafter, operates the parking actuator to bring the parking lock mechanism into engagement with the parking gear.

Abstract: A parking device for vehicles in which the rotation of an input shaft of a transmission is not limited by the frictional force of an engine when the engine is brought into a halt, the parking device comprising a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lock mechanism which selectively engages with the parking gear, a change lever mechanically coupled to the parking lock mechanism, a speed-change actuator for shifting the transmission to each gear, a parking operation detection device arranged in an operation passage of the change lever from the neutral position to a parking position, and a control device. When the operation of the change lever has been confirmed by the parking operation detection device at the time when the change lever is operated from the neutral position to the parking position, the control device operates the speed-change actuator to bring the transmission into engagement with a predetermined gear.

Abstract: When a driver operates an activation switch, an electric parking brake apparatus performs a parking brake activation control in order to operate an electric motor until the tension of a base wire reaches a predetermined target tension to thereby bring parking brakes into an activated state. After that, the apparatus again performs the parking brake activation control when a re-activation time, which is set in accordance with the difference between an estimated temperature of a service brake and an ambient temperature, has elapsed; when the position of a shift lever has been changed; when the height of the vehicle has changed by an amount greater than a predetermined amount; or when the driver releases a brake pedal which has been continuously operated after completion of the parking brake activation control.