Patent ID: 8636130

Claim:
A parking brake device for motor vehicle automatic transmissions, said parking brake device comprising: a parking brake pawl; an adjusting means for engaging and disengaging the pawl; a holding means for securing the parking brake pawl in the disengaged position, said holding means comprising a toggle mechanism, said toggle mechanism comprising an area of articulation, wherein the toggle mechanism can be brought from a first, stretched position, in which the parking brake pawl is fixed in the disengaged position, into a second, bent position, in which the parking brake pawl can be engaged; and an actuator element for deflecting the toggle mechanism from the first position, said actuator element being located at a spaced location from said toggle mechanism, said actuator element comprising an actuating pin, said actuating pin being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, said actuating pin being located at a spaced location from said toggle mechanism in said retracted position, said actuating pin having a first operating length in said retracted position, said actuating pin being temporarily activated such that said actuating pin engages at least a portion of said articulation area in said extended position and said actuating pin returns to said retracted position upon said actuating pin engaging said articulation area, said actuating pin having a second operating length in said extended position, said second length being greater than said first operating length.