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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 6/112 ; F16H 5/908 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 6/112 ; F16H 5/908 ;
Abstract
A motor vehicle has a transmission controlled by an electronic transmission unit and an internal-combustion engine controlled by an electronic engine unit. The transmission unit normally shifts the selected gear by controlling actuators in the transmission, as a function of the adjustment of a gear selection switch. In an emergency, which can be detected by the engine unit via a communication connection with the transmission unit, and in which the adjustment of the gear selection switch is not detected by the transmission unit and/or the selected gear cannot be shifted in the transmission, the engine unit enforces a limitation of vehicle acceleration.