Patent ID: 8408088
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for releasing a parking state of a shift-by-wire shifting device, the apparatus comprising: a housing fixed to a vehicle body; a driving screw rotatably coupled to the housing and threaded; a slider engaged to the driving screw and slidable along the driving screw; and a cable connected to the slider and transmitting a sliding motion of the slider to a transmission; wherein at least one end of the driving screw is exposed outside the housing; wherein a manual operating portion having a non-uniform shape in the rotational direction about a rotational axis of the driving screw to receive torque from the outside is formed at the least one end of the driving screw; wherein the vehicle body includes a shift lever bracket having a through hole; wherein the manual operating portion is accessible through the through hole; and wherein rotation of the manual operating portion by a corresponding driver rotates the driving screw to manually shift between a released N-range state and an engaged P-range state.