Patent attributes
A parking device for vehicles in which the rotation of an input shaft of a transmission is not limited by the frictional force of an engine when the engine is brought into a halt, the parking device comprising a parking gear provided on the input shaft, a parking lock mechanism which selectively engages with the parking gear, a change lever mechanically coupled to the parking lock mechanism, a speed-change actuator for shifting the transmission to each gear, a parking operation detection device arranged in an operation passage of the change lever from the neutral position to a parking position, and a control device. When the operation of the change lever has been confirmed by the parking operation detection device at the time when the change lever is operated from the neutral position to the parking position, the control device operates the speed-change actuator to bring the transmission into engagement with a predetermined gear.