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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 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 19/00 (2006.01); B60K 20/06 (2006.01); F16H 59/10 (2006.01); F16H 63/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 20/06 (2013.01); F16H 59/105 (2013.01); F16H 63/42 (2013.01); Y10T 74/20146 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vehicle is provided with a steering wheel which is rotatable about a steering axis, a transmission, and a manually actuable selector device. The selector device is provided for selecting different states of the transmission, is arranged at a distance from the steering wheel on a side of the latter which faces away from a driver, and has a selector element which is rotatable or pivotable about an axis of rotation or pivot axis which is substantially transverse to the steering axis.