Patent ID: 8770057

Claim:
An automatic transmission parking lock emergency release mechanism being accommodated within an automatic transmission, and the automatic transmission including a shifting device with a selector shaft ( 1 ), the emergency release mechanism comprising a lever ( 2 ) being connected, in a rotationally fixed manner, to the selector shaft ( 1 ) of the shifting device of the automatic transmission and the lever ( 2 ) being positioned adjacent a side of a transmission housing ( 3 ), and the lever ( 2 ) is accommodated outside the transmission housing; a pivotable end of the lever ( 2 ) being positioned directly facing and adjacent an opening ( 4 ) in the transmission housing ( 3 ) adjacent a side of the shifting device: and the pivotable end of the lever ( 2 ) being activatable by direct engagement with a leading end of a rotatable unlocking tool ( 5 ) to facilitate release of the parking lock, and the rotatable unlocking tool ( 5 ) only being inserted through the opening of the transmission housing ( 3 ), from outside of the transmission housing ( 3 ), so as to directly engage with and push the pivotable end of the lever ( 2 ) away from the opening ( 4 ) and releases the parking lock when emergency release of the parking lock is desired, and rotation of the rotatable unlocking tool ( 5 ), relative to the opening ( 4 ) of the transmission housing ( 3 ), further inserts the leading end of the unlocking tool through the opening ( 4 ) and induces engagement with and pushes the pivotable end of the lever ( 2 ) and causes rotation of the pivotable end of the lever ( 2 ) away from the opening ( 4 ) which releases the parking lock.