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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Julian Eichhorn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/10 (2006.01); B60K 20/02 (2006.01); B60K 26/02 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); F16H 59/04 (2006.01); F16H 59/12 (2006.01); F16H 63/48 (2006.01); F16H 63/50 (2006.01); G05G 1/04 (2006.01); G05G 1/08 (2006.01); G05G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/105 (2013.01); B60K 20/02 (2013.01); B60K 26/02 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); F16H 59/044 (2013.01); F16H 59/12 (2013.01); F16H 63/48 (2013.01); F16H 63/50 (2013.01); G05G 1/04 (2013.01); G05G 1/08 (2013.01); G05G 5/005 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); B60K 2370/111 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1442 (2019.05); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control element for a vehicle is designed to change between a parking state and a driving state. In the parked state, the control element is designed to enable a driver to switch the vehicle from a parked state to a travel state. The control element also enables the vehicle driver to freely select a gear of the vehicle by changing from a parking state into a drive state.