Patent ID: 7882760

Claim:
A shifting device for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, the shifting device comprising: shifting device housing having a holding device; a first automatic shift gate; a tipping gate for a manual, stepwise shifting operation about a middle position; a selector lever with a selector lever housing, said selector lever being pivotable about a shift gate axis into the automatic shift gate and into said tipping gate and about a selector lever axis within the shift gates, wherein the selector lever axis and the shift gate axis are arranged at right angles to one another in said shifting device housing; a connection member for transmitting the pivoting motion of the selector lever in the automatic shift gate to a coupling element to the automatic transmission, said connection member being fixed in a recess of the shifting device housing when the selector lever is pivoted about the shift gate axis into the tipping gate; a holding pin arranged in parallel to said selector lever axis at said selector lever housing; a pivot lever received rotatably on said holding pin and having a pivot pin, said connection member being fixed rotatably with a connection member axis of rotation at said pivot lever, said pivot lever being positioned with said pivot pin in said holding device while said selector lever is positioned in said automatic shift gate, and said pivot pin disengaging said holding device when said selector lever is positioned in said tipping gate.