Patent ID: 8336418

Claim:
An actuating device for selecting shift positions of a shift-by-wire gearshift transmission, the actuating device comprising: a selector lever ( 1 ) being movable between at least one drive mode position and a parking lock position with stable selector lever positions and a detent device with a spring-loaded detent element ( 6 ) and a detent guide plate, and a separating device with an actuator-operated thrust wedge ( 7 ), and the detent element ( 6 ) being movable, via the thrust wedge ( 7 ), with respect to the detent guide-plate from a first relative position, in which the detent element ( 6 ) is engaged in a shift track of the guide-plate, to another second relative position in which the detent element ( 6 ) is disengaged from the shift track of the detent guide-plate, wherein the thrust wedge ( 7 ) is bifurcated.