Patent ID: 7806013

Claim:
A method of operating a regulating mechanism to actuate a connecting element ( 11 ) of an automated transmission of a motor vehicle by an actuator ( 3 ), a control element ( 4 ), a transmission element ( 6 ) and an output element ( 8 , 9 ), the actuator ( 3 ) being a three phase motor, the method comprising the steps of: controlling the actuator ( 3 ), via an inverter ( 2 ), with the control element ( 4 ); converting, via the actuator ( 3 ), electrical energy into a torque (M); converting the torque (M), via the transmission element ( 6 ), into an actuating force (S_ 1 ) that is less than a limit actuating force (S_g), which is a minimum amount of force required for actuating the connecting element ( 11 ); and transferring the actuating force (S_ 1 ) that is less than the limit actuating force (S_g), via the output element ( 8 , 9 ), to an actuating element ( 10 ) connected to the connecting element ( 11 ).