Patent ID: 7001308

Claim:
A shift device for an automatic transmission of a vehicle, particularly of a motor vehicle, in which a command to change a current ratio of said automatic transmission ( 3 ) upon reaching preset operating states of the vehicle can be generated automatically or by manual input in a manual shifting mode, the shift device comprising: a pulse counter ( 18 ) for functionally interlinking a plurality of successive pulses in a manual input by adding up pulses for the upshift (+) or working off pulses for the downshift (−); a counter value determined by said pulse counter ( 18 ) being increased during a pulse for the upshift (+) and decreased during a pulse for the downshift (−), a shifting signal is generated according to the interlinkage of the plurality of successive pulses; and wherein a shifting signal for a multiple upshift can be issued while the vehicle is parked and said shifting signal for multiple upshift can be issued while the vehicle is parked when a load pedal position is less than a maximum threshold value.