Patent ID: 8682543
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a transmission device ( 3 ) with a plurality of gears (“ 1 ”, “ 2 ”, “ 3 ”, “ 4 ”), the transmission device ( 3 ) being operable both in an automatic shifting mode, in which one of the plurality of gears (“ 1 ”, “ 2 ”, “ 3 ”, “ 4 ”) being selected automatically as a function of a current driving situation (S) of a vehicle, and a manual shifting mode, in which one of the plurality of gears (“ 1 ”, “ 2 ”, “ 3 ”, “ 4 ”) being selected as a function of a command from a driver, the method comprising the steps of: changing operation of the transmission device ( providing that a currently engaged gear is an actual gear (“ associating, by the transmission control system, either a specific transmission output speed threshold value or a specific rotational speed threshold value equivalent thereto to each one of the plurality of gears (“ selecting, via the transmission control system, a target gear (“ when the target gear (“ when the target gear (“ engaging the selected target gear via the transmission control system.