Patent ID: 7270027

Claim:
A detent lever assembly for implementation with an electronic transmission range selection (ETRS) system that shifts a transmission range between a park position and an out-of-park position, comprising: a shaft rotatably supported by a housing; a detent lever rotatably supported by said shaft and rotatable between a first position and a second position, wherein in a first mode said detent lever is rotatable about said shaft and in a second mode said detent lever is rotatable with said shaft via selective engagement of a bushing that is fixed for rotation with said shaft and a pin that is fixed to said detent lever, said bushing having a slot through which said pin is received; and a solenoid assembly that inhibits rotation of said detent lever to maintain said transmission range in said out-of-park position if a hydraulic pressure for the electronic transmission range selection system is no longer provided during said first mode.