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  2. Park-to-reverse - Wikipedia

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    Yet rather than being in "park', this area is a transitional zone between gears, which is sometimes called "false park". [4] [5] When a vehicle's transmission is in false park, it may appear to the driver that the vehicle is fully locked in "park". However, on vehicles with this defect the transmission is neither in park nor in hydraulic reverse.

  3. Parking pawl - Wikipedia

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    The parking pawl locks the transmission's output shaft to the transmission casing by engaging a pawl (a pin) that engages in a notched wheel on the shaft, stopping it (and thus the driven wheels) from rotating. The main components of a parking pawl mechanism are the parking gear, parking pawl, actuator rod, cam collar, cam plate, pivot pin, and ...

  4. Capstan equation - Wikipedia

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    A small holding force exerted on one side can carry a much larger loading force on the other side; this is the principle by which a capstan-type device operates. A holding capstan is a ratchet device that can turn only in one direction; once a load is pulled into place in that direction, it can be held with a much smaller force.

  5. Backlash (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    In mechanical engineering, backlash, sometimes called lash, play, or slop, is a clearance or lost motion in a mechanism caused by gaps between the parts. It can be defined as "the maximum distance or angle through which any part of a mechanical system may be moved in one direction without applying appreciable force or motion to the next part in mechanical sequence."

  6. Parking brake - Wikipedia

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    In manual transmission vehicles, the parking brake is engaged to help keep the vehicle stationary while parked, especially if parked on an incline. [2] [3]While automatic transmission vehicles have a "Park" gear with a parking pawl that immobilizes the transmission, it is still recommended to use the parking brake, as the pawl in the gearbox could fail due to stress or another vehicle striking ...

  7. Semi-automatic transmission - Wikipedia

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    Since 2014 season, Formula 1 cars currently use mandatory 8-speed paddle-shift gearboxes. The now-defunct CART Champ Car Series switched from a lever-shift sequential system to a 7-speed paddle-shift system for the 2007 season. This transmission was introduced with the new-for-2007 Panoz DP01 chassis.

  8. Free-space path loss - Wikipedia

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    Since this factor is not related to the radio wave path but comes from the receiving antenna, the term "free-space path loss" is a little misleading. Directivity of receiving antenna- while the above formulas are correct, the presence of Directivities Dt and Dr builds the wrong intuition in the FSPL Friis transmission formula. The formula seems ...

  9. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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    The most prominent incidents of sudden unintended acceleration took place from 2000–2010 in Toyota and Lexus vehicles, resulting in up to 89 deaths and 52 injuries in the USA. [4] The NHTSA first opened an auto defect investigation into Toyota vehicles in 2004, but the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) within the NHTSA closed the ...