A vehicle including: (i) a drive-force transmission unit including a casing and installed in a offset position that is offset from a widthwise center of the vehicle in an offset direction; (ii) a component protruding away from the casing toward a front side of the vehicle, and including first and second region portions such that the first region portion is located on a front side of the second region portion in the offset direction; and (iii) an attachment member through which the component is attached to a vehicle-front side portion of the casing. The attachment member is provided with a displacement adjustment portion that is configured, upon application of an external force to the component from the front side of the vehicle, to facilitate the first region portion of the component to be displaced toward a rear side of the vehicle, more than the second region portion of the component.

A braking mechanism is provided for a hydraulic motor driven wheel utilizing a two-piece design of a hub that rotates by means of a drive shaft. A hydraulic chamber is created on the hub in which a piston resides. The piston is grounded (i.e., non-rotatable relative to the motor housing) in the sealed chamber. The piston face inside of the chamber has a radial set of face teeth. These face teeth are similar to the face teeth inside of the hydraulic chamber. When the chamber is pressurized, the piston face teeth are pushed away from the hub face teeth allowing the hub to freely rotate. When pressure is released from the chamber, a spring, or a number of springs, push the piston into the hub causing it to stop rotating relative to the piston.

A hydraulic unit and an electromagnetic unit are disposed in directions that are orthogonal to each other. The electromagnetic unit is configured such that a solenoid shaft is held when a coil is energized, and such that movement of the solenoid shaft toward the right side in the drawing is allowed during movement of the piston rod when the coil is not energized. When a hydraulic pressure for a piston is reduced with the coil not energized in a parking unlocked state, switching is performed to a parking locked state with a piston rod moved downward in the drawing while moving the solenoid shaft rightward in the drawing through abutment between a roller of a pin of the piston rod and a distal end portion of the solenoid shaft.

An output shaft receives transmission of a driving force of a motor. A valley forming member has valley portions correspondingly to shift ranges and rotates integrally with the output shaft. An engaging member is biased with a biasing member in a direction to be fitted to a valley portion and is configured to be fitted to a target valley portion, which is a valley portion corresponding to a target shift range. The motor control unit performs a control to drive the motor. The motor shaft, which is a rotary shaft of the motor, and the output shaft have a play therebetween. The motor control unit determines a motor target position to locate the engaging member at a position shifted by a predetermined amount before the center of the target valley portion in the driving direction.

A motor vehicle automatic engaged stop system includes an automatic transmission driving at least one wheel and has at least one brake member preventing wheel rotation when engaged and allowing wheel rotation when disengaged. A controller communicates with each of: the brake member to control the brake member; the automatic transmission to control a condition of the automatic transmission, and with a signal device. A brake pedal in communication with the brake member engages the brake member when depressed by a vehicle operator. After the motor vehicle reaches a zero speed the controller energizes the signal device to notify the vehicle operator to release the brake pedal and maintains a vehicle stopped condition with the brake pedal in a released condition and when the motor vehicle is positioned anywhere between uphill and downhill orientation planes.

A parking lock apparatus includes a parking gear rotatable together with a rotating body of a transmission. A slider is to be switched between a parking lock position in which a parking pawl is in engagement with the parking gear and a parking release position in which the parking pawl is out of engagement with the parking gear. A hydraulic circuit includes a third oil passage through which a first line pressure is applied to push the slider toward the parking release position, a fourth oil passage through which a second line pressure is applied to push the slider toward the parking lock direction, and a hydraulic cut valve provided in the third oil passage to be opened when a difference between the first line pressure and the second line pressure is higher than or equal to a threshold pressure when applying line pressure to the hydraulic circuit is started.

A parking lock apparatus includes an engaging mechanism, a slider, a hydraulic circuit, and a processor. The engaging mechanism is to prevent a rotation of a rotating body when the engaging mechanism is in a mechanical engagement state. The slider is to switch a state of the engaging mechanism between the mechanical engagement state and a mechanical disengagement state in accordance with a position of the slider. The hydraulic circuit is to change the position of the slider. The processor is configured to increase line pressure in the hydraulic circuit when the engaging mechanism is in the mechanical engagement state.

A method for activating a braking device in the drive train of a vehicle with an automatic gear box, a gear-side parking brake, and a braking system. The vehicle, starting from a parked position with an engaged parking lock, and under the presence of a starting condition, a control apparatus independent from a driver request, controls the braking system to secure against the vehicle rolling away by until the parking lock is released.

A transmission includes a gear train, a transmission shaft driven by the gear train, a transmission casing incorporating the gear train and the transmission shaft, an axle driven by the gear train, a power take-off (PTO) unit attached to the transmission casing, and a parking brake. The transmission shaft and the axle are extended parallel to each other. The PTO unit includes a PTO input shaft, a PTO shaft, and a PTO drive train transmitting power from the PTO input shaft to the PTO shaft. The PTO input shaft is connected coaxially to the transmission shaft so as to receive power from the transmission shaft. The parking brake is provided on the transmission shaft or the PTO input shaft.

A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, activating hazard lights of an electrified vehicle in response to a high voltage battery disconnect event.