Patent ID: 7603926
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shifting device for the powerless transmission of shift commands to an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the device comprising: a housing; a gearshift lever mounted pivotally in said housing along a shift gate into first and second shift positions, said gearshift lever being driven by a restoring force into an inoperative position between said shift positions; first and said second shift stops for said gearshift lever, said shift stops defining said first and second shift positions of said gearshift lever respectively, each shift stop being formed by a housing-side stop and a gearshift lever-side stop; a detection device arranged for each said shift stop of said shift positions; a mechanical actuating device arranged at said gearshift lever which can move one of said shift stops such that said gearshift lever can be deflected beyond one of said shift positions to a third housing side stop, said housing side stops being fixed to said housing.