Patent ID: 6360624
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor vehicle having a driving engine and an automatically shifted transmission with, as an operating element, at least one selector lever by which a driver triggers an electric transmission control device which, as a function of an operating position selected at the selector lever for the automatically shifted transmission, and as a function of other operating parameters of the motor vehicle, controls the automatically shifted transmission, wherein by deflecting the selector lever, certain operating positions of the automatically shifted transmission are selectable, and the selector lever moves along at least one shifting channel for the preselecting of individual driving positions (D, R, N, P) in an automatic operation in at least two deflecting directions and automatically returning from the two deflecting directions always into the same starting position, in each case, the same driving position (D, R, N, P) of the automatically shifted transmission being assigned to each deflecting direction of the selector lever in the shifting channel for preselecting individual driving positions (D, R, N, P) in the automatic operation, wherein in at least one deflecting direction of the selector lever, two different driving positions (D, R, N, P) can be selected, wherein for selecting a first driving position (D, R, N, P), the selector lever is moved a first distance to a first stop in the deflecting direction, and, for selecting a second driving position (D, R, N, P), the selector lever is moved a second larger distance to a second stop in the same deflecting direction, the first stop being overpressed.