International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC

Mark A Thurber

John F Rotz

Kurt A Ringger

Mary Mc Wesler

Matthew W Hormann

A steering wheel () that has an axis of turning () axis for steering a motor vehicle that has an engine, a drivetrain, a transmission that provides different gear ratios for coupling the engine to the drivetrain, and a transmission controller that in an automatic mode automatically shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to changing vehicle torque requirements and in a manual mode shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to manual actuation of a shift command device. A module () contains both the shift command device () and a mode selection device () for selecting between the automatic and manual modes.

Steering wheel mounting for transmission shift controls

A gearshift to transmission controller interface is based on a controller area network and a gearshift interface interposed between the gearshift and associated displays and the network bus. The shift controller can be made universal to all transmission types of automated manual transmissions by incorporation of a library program relating to a transmission type.

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Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America

Mark A Thurber