Patent ID: 6622581
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for controlling a transmission of a motor vehicle, comprising:a control device coupled to control the transmission, said control device being operable in two modes, a first automatic operating mode which essentially automatically sets speed increasing ratios in accordance with operating values determined by sensors, and a second, driver-influenced operating mode which adjusts the speed increasing ratios of the transmission in dependence on a second selection device, said first and second operating mode being selected by way of a first selection device; wherein the control device is switchable from the first operating mode to the second operating mode without operating the first selection device by activating the second selection device for an amount of time with a specified first duration, wherein the second operating mode continues to be in effect even after the specified first duration has passed for as long as at least one of the following driving conditions is fulfilled: a signal from a transverse acceleration limiting value sensor exceeds a preset rate; a signal from a traction/thrust sensor indicates a thrust operation; and a travel speed is less than a preset limiting value; wherein a period for continuing to remain in the second operating mode is set to a specified minimum value for an additional time period when none of the driving conditions are any longer met.