A park release system includes a park release handle assembly. The handle assembly comprises a base, a handle pivotally connected to the base, and a lock piece. The handle is pivotable between an open position and a closed position. The lock piece is uniquely designed to selectively lock the handle in open position and to release the handle and allow it to pass back to closed position after the handle is pulled from lock position.

The park release system may include a cable connector assembly. The cable connector assembly may comprise a first cable section connectable to a second cable section. The second cable section includes a housing having a slider within a passageway and below a flexible retention beam. The slider is configured to receive and connect to the cable from the first cable section.

A force transmission unit that has a rope, particularly a wire rope, and a device for introducing a force into the rope, that includes a sleeve enclosing the rope and connected to the rope under deformation. The force transmission unit has a connecting member which is arranged between the sleeve and the rope and formed from a material that has a lower strength than the materials from which the sleeve and the outer strands of the rope are formed and which preferably has a hollow cylindrical shape.

The repair of shift cable ends in various motor vehicles without the replacement of the entire shift cable is accomplished using a specialized bushing that operably couples the shift lever and shift cable end. In particular embodiments, the shift cable end is seated in an installation tool and a specialized bushing is inserted into the shift cable end by applying a compressive force to the bushing and the installation tool. The installation tool is removed and the shift lever is inserted into the bushing. The bushing has a coupling means to simulate the factory installed coupling mechanism, a securing means for maintaining the bushing's alignment and securing it within the shift cable end, and a pressure-relief means for relieving pressure within the bushing as the lever is inserted into the bushing. In some embodiments, the hushing has a compression means for allowing the bushing to be easily compressed into the shift cable end without deformation.

The invention relates to an actuating unit for a motor vehicle lock, comprising a motor element and a drive for moving the motor element, a Bowden cable connected to the motor element and a connecting element for the Bowden cable. The invention further relates to a method of production. The aim of the invention is to simplify production of an actuating unit having a Bowden cable. According to the invention, the connecting element for the Bowden cable is angular, especially L-shaped, and a leg thereof, in the case of an L shape preferably the long leg thereof, is connected to the remainder of the housing. The angular form or L shape and the connection of one leg of such a shape to the remainder of the housing of the motor element results in a large surface or a large peripheral edge of the connecting part which can be connected to the remainder of the housing. As a result, the connecting element can be firmly secured to the remainder of the housing such that the latter withstands the forces of a motor element even when the movement of the motor element is not limited with the aid of a microswitch but with the aid of the connecting element.

A brake mechanism is provided, including: a main body, for connecting to a vehicle, having a penetrating hole for a wire to dispose therethrough, the wire having an insertion end which is smaller than the penetrating hole in radial dimension; a handle, restrictably pivoted to the main body via a pivot portion, having an assembling portion; the insertion end being directly axially penetrable through the penetrating hole to be fixedly connected to the assembling portion.

Cable splitter devices, assemblies, and methods of use are disclosed. A cable splitter device is disclosed. A cable splitter assembly includes a housing, a slider, first cables, and second cables. The housing defines a first number of first slots and a second number of second slots different from the first number. The slider is slidably coupled to the housing. The slider defines the first number of first channels and the second number of second channels. The first cables extend through the first number of first slots and have an end positioned within a respective first channel of the slider. The second cables extend through the second number of second slots and have an end positioned within a respective second channel of the slider. A clipping element may be configured to fix a longitudinal position of a respective first cable at multiple different locations along the first channel.

Cable splitter devices, assemblies, and methods of use are disclosed. A cable splitter device is disclosed. A cable splitter assembly includes a housing, a slider, first cables, and second cables. The housing defines a first number of first slots and a second number of second slots different from the first number. The slider is slidably coupled to the housing. The slider defines the first number of first channels and the second number of second channels. The first cables extend through the first number of first slots and have an end positioned within a respective first channel of the slider. The second cables extend through the second number of second slots and have an end positioned within a respective second channel of the slider. A clipping element may be configured to fix a longitudinal position of a respective first cable at multiple different locations along the first channel.

A connection structure is provided, wherein relative movement between outer and inner members is restrained by an engaging member. The engaging member includes first and second bolding elements. A connection part connected to another-side end part of the second holding element is provided in one-side end part of the first holding element. A first extension part is provided in another-side end part of the first holding element The connection part includes second and third extension parts, and a connection element extending substantially parallel to the second holding element. The first holding element and the first and second extension parts are provided such that an angle formed by the first holding element and the second extension part, and an angle formed by the first holding element and the first extension part are smaller than 90°. Use of the connection structure, which is easily formable, restrains the engaging member from being detached.

A connection structure is provided, wherein relative movement between outer and inner members is restrained by an engaging member. The engaging member includes first and second bolding elements. A connection part connected to another-side end part of the second holding element is provided in one-side end part of the first holding element. A first extension part is provided in another-side end part of the first holding element The connection part includes second and third extension parts, and a connection element extending substantially parallel to the second holding element. The first holding element and the first and second extension parts are provided such that an angle formed by the first holding element and the second extension part, and an angle formed by the first holding element and the first extension part are smaller than 90°. Use of the connection structure, which is easily formable, restrains the engaging member from being detached.

A parking brake device includes a toggle mechanism including a base member, a connecting member, a brake lever, a junction member that connects an intermediate position of the brake lever with the connecting member. The junction member includes two junction parts that are connected to each other and are rotatable relative to each other. During a process of an operation of the braking lever from a non-operating state of the parking brake device to an operating state of the parking brake device, the two junction parts integrally rotate when an operation angle of the brake lever is equal to or less than a predetermined angle, and one of the two junction parts connected to the intermediate position of the brake lever is rotatable about a connecting portion where the two junction parts are connected.