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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Nabil M Issa, Detroit, MI (US);
Arthur Anderson, Clarkston, MI (US);
Michael F Donoughe, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An electronic gear display for an electronically-controlled automatic transmission system having an automatic transmission, a shift lever mechanism, a transmission controller interconnecting the automatic transmission and the shift lever mechanism, a body controller, and a communication bus interconnecting the transmission controller and the body controller includes a first set of indicators connected to the body controller to indicate that the shift lever mechanism is in an automatic mode of operation of the automatic transmission, and a second set of indicators connected to the body controller to indicate that the shift lever mechanism is in a manual mode of operation of the automatic transmission.