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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Matthias Lindner, Graefelfing, DE;
Thomas Tille, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/10 (2006.01); F16H 59/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/0278 (2013.01); F16H 59/105 (2013.01); Y10T 74/2014 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vehicle having a gearbox, a gear control unit and a manually operable selector device, which is electrically connected to the gear control unit and which is provided for selecting different states of the gearbox, includes a sensor device, by which it is possible on actuation of the selector device, to detect whether the selector device is being actuated by a human body part or in some other way.