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US 9,522,596 B2Granted
Vehicle with a selector device for selecting different states of a transmission
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMatthias Lindner, Thomas Tille
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Abstract
A vehicle is provided with a steering wheel which is rotatable about a steering axis, a transmission, and a manually actuable selector device. The selector device is provided for selecting different states of the transmission, is arranged at a distance from the steering wheel on a side of the latter which faces away from a driver, and has a selector element which is rotatable or pivotable about an axis of rotation or pivot axis which is substantially transverse to the steering axis.
Claims20
A vehicle, comprising:
- a steering wheel rotatable about a steering axis;
- a transmission;
- a monostable selector device finger actuated to select different states of the transmission, wherein:
- the selector device is arranged at a distance from the steering wheel on a side of the steering wheel facing away from the driver, and
- the selector device comprises a tabular selector element rotatable about a rotation axis essentially transverse to the steering axis, wherein rotation of the selector element about the rotation axis actuates the selector device.
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