A shift-by-wire actuator and a method for selecting drive positions of a motor vehicle transmission is provided. The actuator comprises an actuating field, in which a scrolling surface for selecting one of the drive positions, and a release button, which transmits a release signal based on an actuation, are disposed. The actuator is characterized in that the scrolling surface and the release button are coupled via a locking and releasing mechanism, such that a shift-effecting selection of at least one of the drive positions can be executed by manipulation of the scrolling surface after release by the locking and releasing mechanism, based on the release signal.

A control device of a vehicle comprising: a power transmission device; a rotating member; a parking lock mechanism including a parking gear and a parking pawl; and an operating member, the parking lock mechanism further including a cam, a parking rod, and a spring mechanism, configured in that: the control device includes a vehicle speed control portion to control a vehicle speed such that when the operating member is operated to a parking operating position and the vehicle speed is in a predetermined vehicle speed range determined in advance of a vehicle speed at which a load to be applied to the parking pawl due to collision with the parking gear increases while running of the vehicle, the vehicle speed comes out of the predetermined vehicle speed range.

A stealthy transmission shift interlock solenoid kill switch system includes a first stealthy user interface being located within the vehicle and further being configured to be stealthy and hidden from a vehicle driver's line of sight, a vehicle center console transmission gear shift knob configured to operate an automatic transmission gear position of the vehicle, a vehicle power interrupt feature, an automatic transmission shift interlock solenoid switch, a controller being operably coupled to the first stealthy user interface, a brake pedal of the vehicle, and the vehicle power interrupt feature. The controller is configured to manage an operating mode of the vehicle center console transmission gear shift knob and thereby prohibit power from reaching the automatic transmission shift interlock solenoid switch so that the vehicle center console transmission gear shift knob is prohibited from being displaced out of a park position.

A vehicle theft deterrent box includes a housing having at least a first portion and a second portion. The theft deterrent box has an open state when at least a portion of a gear shifter of a vehicle is receivable in the housing and a closed state when at least a portion of the gear shifter is received in the housing and the housing is not removable from the gear shifter. Other devices and methods are disclosed.

The invention relates to a locking device (70), in particular a steering wheel lock (70), for a vehicle, for a functionally-essential component (74), in particular in the form of a steering column or a gearshift lever or the like, having at least one manually actuable, in particular rotatable, operating part (10), wherein at least two rotational positions (0, III) can be assumed by the operating part (10), namely an off position (0) and a start position (III), wherein in the off position (0), at least one engine of the vehicle can be turned off and/or the functionally-essential component (74) can be fixed by a blocking pin (71) in a locked position, and in the start position (III), at least one consumer, in particular a starter of the vehicle can be turned on and/or the functionally-essential component (74) can be released by a blocking pin (71) in an unlocked position.

It is provided according to the invention that a mechanical reset barrier (15) is provided, which prevents a reset of the operating part (10) at least from the start position (III) into the off position (0), by a, in particular simple, rotation of the operating part (10), into a blocking position (S), wherein the mechanical reset barrier (15) is formed by a control element (72), which mechanically interacts at least with the operating part (10), and a stationary guide cam, which jointly fix the operating part (10) at least in a formfitting manner in the blocking position (S).

An ignition interlock system.