Patent ID: 7530285
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A selector device for an automated or automatic transmission, the selector device comprising: an automatic selector gate having automatic operating positions; a transverse gate; a tip-action selector gate; a selector lever adjustable in said automatic selector gate to switch between said automatic operating positions, said selector lever being moved via said transverse gate into said tip-action selector gate in which said selector lever being adjustable to shift between transmission gears, said selector lever having one stable operating position in said tip-action selector gate, said selector lever automatically returning to said stable operating position from all labile positions of said automatic selector gate, said transverse gate, and said tip-action selector gate; and a transmission controller configured such that, after one of said automatic operating positions is selected, said transmission controller only allows a switching to a selected automatic operating state when said selector lever resumes said stable operating position.