Patent ID: 7878087

Claim:
A selector device for an automated or automatic transmission having automatic shift stages and gears, the selector device comprising: a selector lever for selecting the automatic shift stages and the gears of the transmission, it being possible to move said selector lever from a stable initial position into a plurality of directly adjacent labile selector positions for selecting the automatic shift stages and the gears; from the labile selector positions said selector lever automatically returning into the stable initial position; only two stable selector positions being provided as the stable initial position and a stable rest position; the plurality of labile selector positions being precisely four labile selector positions disposed adjacent to the stable initial position; two of said labile selector positions which are adjacent to the stable initial position being disposed in a first selector gate being a longitudinal gate aligned parallel to a vehicle longitudinal axis; a further two of said labile selector positions which are adjacent to the stable initial position being disposed in a second selector gate being a transverse gate aligned transversely to the vehicle longitudinal axis; said first selector gate being disposed perpendicularly to said second selector gate; the stable rest position being disposed at one end of said first selector gate; said selector lever also being movable from the stable initial position into the stable rest position; from the stable rest position said selector lever can only be moved along the longitudinal gate to the stable initial position; and a display for visualizing a currently engaged gear and/or a currently activated automatic shift stage.