Patent ID: 6046673
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A selecting arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising:a deflectable control element which is automatically restored for certain deflecting directions, a currently selected operating position and additional, optionally selectable operating positions of a unit controllable into several operating positions are selected by the deflections of the control element;a display device which displays said currently selected operating position and said additional, optionally selectable operating positions such that said currently selected operating position and shifting possibilities into additional, non-selected operating positions are always displayed, there being more operating positions of the unit that are adjustable than there are said certain deflecting directions of the control element;wherein said display device arranges a display of said currently selected operating position and a display of each individual additional optionally selectable operating position at a same point on said display device regardless of the currently selected operating position; andwherein said control element must always be deflected in the same direction for selecting a particular one of said several operating positions regardless of the currently selected operating position.