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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
744733 ; 7447318 ; 116 281 ; 200 6188 ;
Abstract
A space and weight-saving drive gear selection arrangement for an automatic transmission is configured clearly for the driver, is simple to install and can be operated without a significant application of mechanical force. For this purpose, the drive gear selection has a knob which is positioned centrally in a circular or elliptical display panel. The display panel has a first section with the selection positions for the drive conditions P, R, N and D which can be selected by the knob. Arranged in a second portion of the display panel is an information panel in which operating instructions for the driver or information regarding the operating state of the transmission can be displayed.