Patent ID: 7958985

Claim:
A parking lock gear ( 1 ) for a parking lock arrangement for locking an output shaft of a transmission of a vehicle, the parking lock gear ( 1 ) comprising radially exterior teeth ( 5 ), at least one annular element ( 2 ) comprising a set of radially outer teeth ( 3 ) and a set of radially inner teeth ( 4 ), and the radially inner teeth ( 4 ) of the at least one annular element ( 2 ) directly engage with the radially exterior teeth ( 5 ) of the parking lock gear ( 1 ) to rotationally fix the annular element ( 2 ) to the parking lock gear ( 1 ) so as to prevent relative rotation of the annular element ( 2 ) with respect to the parking lock gear ( 1 ), and an actuated locking pawl being engagable with the radially outer teeth ( 3 ) of the at least one annular element ( 2 ) to lock the transmission output shaft; wherein the radially exterior teeth ( 5 ) are spaced such that, in an absence of the annular element ( 2 ), the actuated locking pawl matingly fits between adjacent exterior teeth ( 5 ) of the parking lock gear ( 1 ).