Patent ID: 9657834
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60R,B60W,F16H

Claim:
1. A control system for a motor vehicle having a first user-operable transmission selector means for selecting a forward operating mode of a transmission corresponding to travel in a forward direction and a reverse operating mode of the transmission corresponding to travel in a reverse direction opposite the forward direction, the control system comprising: a user-operable gear selector configured in a first functional mode to, upon receipt of user input, select between a plurality of forward direction gear ratios, and wherein the user-operable gear selector is re-configured in a second functional mode to, upon receipt of user input, select between the forward operating mode and the reverse operating mode, wherein the user-operable gear selector comprises first and second input selectors, wherein in the second functional mode the first input selector is operable, upon receipt of user input, to cause the transmission to switch into or out of the reverse operating mode, and the second input selector is operable, upon receipt of user input, to cause the transmission to switch into or out of the forward operating mode, wherein the first and second input selectors of the user-operable gear selector each comprise a user-actuated paddle switch device; and wherein, when the control system is operated in the second functional mode, the first user-operable transmission selector means is unable to cause a change in transmission operating mode.