Patent ID: 8584544

Claim:
A method for controlling a gearshift mechanism, said gearshift mechanism having at least one shifting element, a gear release element, a shift actuator and a selector actuator, in which the shifting element is movable by the selector actuator along a selector track, and is movable from the selector track at sites spaced from each other into shift tracks by means of the shift actuator for engagement of a gear, and the gear release element is coupled to the shifting element, so that during engagement of the gear, the gear release element disengages a previously engaged gear, comprising the step of moving the shifting element by the shift actuator, after engagement of the gear, in the direction toward the selector track into a rest position located adjacent to the intersection of the shift track and the selector track, in which rest position the shifting element remains, until the shifting element is moved for engagement of a new gear, wherein moving the shifting element into the rest position after engagement of the gear significantly shortens a first path the shifting element must travel between the gear and the new gear during engagement of the new gear.