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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Martin Walter, Munich, DE;
Thomas Tille, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Walter, Munich, DE;
Thomas Tille, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 20/06 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 63/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/06 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1469 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1476 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1484 (2013.01); F16H 59/0204 (2013.01); F16H 63/42 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0243 (2013.01); Y10T 74/2003 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vehicle has a transmission and a gearshift element pivotally arranged on a steering wheel of the vehicle. By actuating the gearshift element, the transmission is shiftable in an electrically controlled manner from one transmission gear to a next-higher or a next-lower transmission gear. At least one electric switch element and/or at least one optical display device is arranged on the gearshift element.