Patent ID: 7334497
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shifting device for the preferably powerless transmission of shift commands to a fully automatic or semi-automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the shifting device comprising: a frame and/or housing; a gearshift lever mounted pivotably along a shift gate; a first shift stop defining a shift position of the gearshift lever; a second shift stop for the gearshift lever defining a shift position of the gearshift lever; and at least one detection device for detecting one or both of the shift positions, the shifting device having an inoperative position, into which the gearshift lever pivots back by itself from a deflected shift position driven by a restoring force; and an actuating device countermanding one of said shift stops so that the gearshift lever can be pivoted beyond one of said the positions defined by said one shift stop, said one shift stop being an actual stop against a mechanical resistance that can not be overcome with normal force.