Patent ID: 8413536

Claim:
An actuating device for selecting a transmission operating position of a gear change transmission, the actuating device comprising: a rotatable gear selector device ( 1 ) having a park lock position located between at least two transmission operating positions such that when the gear selector device is rotated from a first of the two transmission operating positions to a second of the two transmission operating positions, the gear selector device is rotated by the lock position without activating the lock position; and a park lock-actuating device ( 4 ) for solely activating the park lock; wherein the gear selector device ( 1 ) is designed for generating a shift command for deactivating the park lock, when shifting out of the park lock position by rotation of the gear selector device ( 1 ), while the gear selector device ( 1 ) is prevented from generating a park lock shift command due to rotation of the gear selector device ( 1 ) into or through the park lock position such that the park lock is solely activatable by actuation of the park lock-actuating device.