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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2005
Wolfgang Kliemannel, Lemförde, DE;
Jörg Meyer, Wagenfeld, DE;
Wolfgang Kliemannel, Lemförde, DE;
Jörg Meyer, Wagenfeld, DE;
ZF Lemfolder Metallwaren AG, Stemwede-Dielingen, DE;
Abstract
A shifting device for the powerless transmission of shift commands to an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, with a housing and with a gearshift lever () mounted pivotably in a shift gate, wherein the shifting device has a first and a second shift stop () for the gearshift lever (), each shift stop comprising a housing-side stop () and a gearshift lever-side stop (), with a detection device for these two shift positions (), and an inoperative position (), into which the gearshift lever () pivots by itself from a deflected shift position (), driven by a restoring force, is located between these shift positions (). An actuating device () at the gearshift lever (), disengages gearshift lever-side stop () of shift position () and the gearshift lever () can be deflected to another shift stop () beyond the shift position ().