Shifting arrangement for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
InventorsRobert Mueller, Ulrich Maier, Friedrich Raff
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Abstract
A shifting arrangement for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle controlled by an electronic control apparatus includes a shifting lever to be manually actuated. By pivoting the shifting lever in a first shifting lane, the different transmission speeds can be selected. After shifting the shifting lever by way of a cross lane into a second shifting lane, the desired forward speed can be manually engaged by means of the same.
Claims18
A shifting arrangement for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle controlled by an electronic control means to change transmission speeds in response to the position of a selector lever means, the different transmission speeds to be automatically engaged being preselectable by pivoting of the selector lever means in a first shifting lane to one of a plurality of positions wherein the position of the selector lever means would cause the control means to select a particular speed, with the control means in at least one of the positions of the selector lever means operable to automatically change the selected particular speed to another one of a plurality of speeds, the selector lever means being shiftable by way of a transverse lane into other positions in a second shifting lane parallel to the first shifting lane, and the forward speeds of the transmission being manually selected by a driver via the electronic control means in response to movement of the selector lever means to the other positions in the second shifting lane.
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