Patent ID: 8678160

Claim:
A parking lock control element ( 2 ) for controlling a parking lock pawl of an automobile transmission, the control element ( 2 ) comprising: an actuator ( 6 ) mechanically coupled to the parking lock pawl, and a retaining device ( 8 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) operating on the actuator ( 6 ) for securing the parking lock pawl in the disengaged position, the retaining device ( 8 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) comprises: a blocking, slide ( 8 ) connected to the actuator ( 6 ), and a blocking actuator ( 11 ) with a slider gap ( 10 ) having a width adjustable in an actuated manner via the blocking actuator ( 11 ) between a first gap width, in which the blocking slide ( 8 ) is retractable into the slider gap ( 10 ) by releasing the parking lock pawl, and a second gap width narrower than that of the first nap width, in which the blocking slide ( 8 ) is prevented from retracting into the slider gap ( 10 ) by blocking the actuator ( 6 ), wherein the actuator ( 6 ) is a pivoting lever, wherein the pivoting lever is directly connected with a transmission selector shaft ( 5 ).