Patent ID: 8177685

Claim:
A method for shifting gears in a dual clutch transmission within a motor vehicle having a motor, the method shifting gears from a starting gear into a target gear with a starting characteristic for the starting gear comprising at the same rotational speed of the motor higher torque values than a starting characteristic of the target gear, wherein the dual clutch transmission comprises a first clutch and a second clutch as well as a first partial transmission and a second partial transmission, wherein the first partial transmission comprises the first clutch and a first group of gears including the starting gear and the second partial transmission comprises the second clutch and a second group of gears including the target gear, said method comprising the following method steps for shifting gears at a predetermined motor load from the starting gear into the target gear: a) decreasing a torque transmitting capacity of the first clutch; b) increasing a torque transmitting capacity of the second clutch; c) adapting the rotational speed of the motor in direction of a rotational speed of an input shaft of the second partial transmission via increasing the torque transmitting capacity of the second clutch; and d) controlling the torque transmitting capacity of the second clutch to assume a final torque value where a starting characteristic depending on the target gear and on the rotational speed of the motor intersects with a motor characteristic at a particular motor load.