Patent ID: 8185282

Claim:
A method for the operation of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle comprising at least an automatic transmission and a drive motor, such that successive upshifts or successive downshifts being carried out with overlap in such manner that during a first upshift or a downshift at least one shift element required for a subsequent, second upshift or downshift being prepared during the first upshift or the downshift in progress in such manner that when a synchronization point of the first upshift or downshift in progress is reached, the subsequent second upshift or downshift being carried out immediately, the method comprising the steps of: in an automatic transmission with five shift elements, of which, for torque or force transfer, engaging three respective shift elements for any forward gear and for a reverse gear and disengaging two shift elements, while a first upshift or a downshift is being carried out, with a view to a subsequent, second upshift or downshift, preparing a shift element that is to be engaged during the second upshift or downshift at a time that occurs before the synchronization point of the first upshift or downshift in progress is reached, by a first time interval that is applied in a time-controlled or an event-controlled manner.