Patent ID: 6684730
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A shifting device for a vehicle automatic transmission, the shifting device comprising:a housing; a shift gate positioned relative to said housing; a gear shift lever mounted relative to said housing pivotably around an axis, said gear shift lever moving within at least one shift gate and providing a shift position signal electrically, electromagnetically or optically and transmits the shift position signals; a locking device guided with the gearshift lever along a contour of said gate, said contour being associated with shift positions; a ramp lever controlled as a function of vehicle speed, said ramp lever being pivoted between at least two positions around a lever pivot axis, said ramp lever being pivotable against said locking device in at least one shift position to maintain said gearshift lever in the preselected shift position or automatically returning the gearshift lever into the preselected shift position, said ramp lever bas a contact surface rising in a ramp-like manner on a side facing said locking device, said locking device being movable along said contact surface of the ramp lever in said one position.