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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Rudolf Ehrmaier, Munich, DE;
Norbert Woeste, Munich, DE;
Josef Neuner, Raubling, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Monostable shifting mechanism, in which two shifting channels are provided for the shift lever. 'Monostable' means that the shifting element or the shift lever has only one stable position. As a function of the actual 'operating condition' of the shifting mechanism, certain other operating conditions can be selected by means of the deflection of the shift lever. For this purpose, the shift lever is deflected manually in either one or the other shifting channel and, after the release, automatically returns into the stable starting position from any possible deflected position.