Patent ID: 6554738
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B60W,F16H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A transmission/engine control for a motor vehicle with an automatic transmission, the transmission/motor control having a warning apparatus (3) for indicating a disturbance of a signal transmission from a position recognition apparatus (4) of a selector lever (5), by which a desired one of a plurality of gear positions (P, R, N, D, I, II, III, IV) can be selected by a driver, the selector lever (5) acting through an electronic transmission control on a regulating means of the automatic transmission;wherein the warning apparatus (3), in order to indicated that a change in a travel direction no longer can occur, has a program module of a transmission independent processing unit (6), and said processing unit (6), upon occurrence of said disturbance of the signal transmission, initiates an emergency operating mode of the automatic transmission (2) determines a vehicle speed for the vehicle, which is less than a threshold value, and communicates to at least one of a maximum allowable motor torque, a maximum allowable motor speed of rotation and a maximum allowable vehicle speed to a program module of a motor control (7) for the emergency operating mode of the vehicle.