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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Andreas Wolf, Ravensburg, DE;
Lutz Muller, Herdwangen-Schonach, DE;
Rupert Kramer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Jerome Lochard, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Michael Buckhart, Uhldingen-Muhlhofen, DE;
Andreas Wolf, Ravensburg, DE;
Lutz Muller, Herdwangen-Schonach, DE;
Rupert Kramer, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Jerome Lochard, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Michael Buckhart, Uhldingen-Muhlhofen, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A device and a method for control of an automatic transmission () in a vehicle having one control unit (), which can receive signals produced by a transmission gearshift lever (), and/or a first transmission control (). The signals of the first transmission control are bridgeable so that the automatic transmission can be manually operated. In order to make it possible to efficiently operate the vehicle with low fuel consumption and great flexibility of the driver at the moment, manual operation of the automatic transmission is possible only when the vehicle is at speed (v) lower than a predetermined speed limit.