Patent ID: 7505842
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: B60T,B60W,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring an electronic transmission control unit of an automatic transmission having one or more selectable transmission ratios in a motor vehicle, comprising: storing shift programs for settings of the transmission ratios of the transmission within an electronic transmission control unit; offering selectable shift programs to a user in a form of a selection menu on a display of an input unit for configuring an electronic transmission control unit; selecting by the user an individually compiled selection of at least two shift programs from the shift programs offered via at least one of: activation of the offered shift programs, deactivation of the offered shift programs, and modification of at least one operating parameter of the offered shift programs, the selection being recorded by the input unit; transmitting data concerning the individually compiled selection of the selectable shift programs from the input unit to the electronic transmission control; and configuring the shift programs stored in the electronic transmission control unit according to the individually compiled selection of the selectable shift programs.