Patent ID: 8413534

Claim:
A shifting device for a vehicle automatic transmission, the shifting device comprising: a shifting device housing; a selector lever pivotable within said shifting device housing about at least one axis of rotation for selecting gears, wherein a shift position of the selector lever is assigned to each gear; a ball head mounted to an end portion of said selector lever a holding plate comprising a substantially rectilinear groove and a fixed pin disposed in said substantially rectilinear groove, said fixed pin being fixed to said shifting device housing; a locking means for locking and unlocking the individual shift positions of the selector lever, as a function of preset data of a state of a motor vehicle, said locking means comprising a locking element including said holding plate displaceable, relative to said fixed pin, by the selector lever upon movement of said selector lever to individual shift positions of the selector lever and having a plurality of recesses, which respectively correspond to the individual shift positions and an actuating means for bringing an actuated part into a locking position and into an unlocking position of at least one of said recesses, said locking element being directly connected to said selector lever via said ball head.