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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Hans Glonner, Pfaffenhofen, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A position recognition arrangement for a selector lever in motor vehicles, in which a separate recognition switch is assigned to every valid and selectable position. The recognition switches are actuated simultaneously in a transition area from one position to the adjacent position. Preferably, the recognition switches are formed by mutually separate contact paths which extend in the operating direction of the selector lever, of which at least the respective adjacent contact paths are offset with respect to one another perpendicularly to the operating direction and overlap one another at least in a transition area relative to the perpendicular line with respect to the operating direction.