Patent ID: 7681703

Claim:
A method preventing undesired rolling of a vehicle from a stationary position wherein the vehicle has a drive train comprising an automated clutch, an automated manual transmission, and a control device for controlling at least the automated clutch and the automated manual transmission and at least one transmission idling configuration along the drive train where a mechanical neutral configuration of the automated manual transmission is settable, the method comprising the steps of: determining a basis for shifting the automated manual transmission to the neutral position; establishing, via the control device during a gear shift of the automated manual transmission to the neutral position, at least two transmission idling configurations in the drive train, if the basis for shifting the automated manual transmission to the neutral position is not directly attributed to a driver request, and maintaining the automated clutch in a disengaged state for a sufficient amount of time, via the control device, when establishing the at least two transmission idling configurations of the automated manual transmission, in order for the control device to confirm that the at least two transmission idling configurations in the drive train have been established before the control device re-engages the clutch.