Patent ID: 7062986

Claim:
An automated transmission for a power train of a motor vehicle comprising: a gear shifting member, a selector actuating means for moving said gear shifting member along a selection direction to at least one selecting position for selecting a gear to be shifted, the at least one selecting position representing a neutral status of the transmission, a gear shifting motor arranged and constructed to move said gear shifting member along a shifting direction, which is different from said selecting direction, so as to shift the automated transmission into the selected gear, and a guide designed to enable a guided member to slide or glide there along such that the gear shifting member moves along at least one predetermined path for shifting the automated transmission into the selected gear from the at least one selecting position, wherein the guide comprises at least one wall defining the at least one predetermined path between the selecting position and a gear engaged position and the at least one wall is shaped such that the gear shifting member is required to move in both the shifting direction and the selecting direction when the gear shifting member is moved from the at least one selecting position to the gear engaged position.