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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley Coventry Warwickshire, GB;
Rob Jerger, Stockton, GB;
Jonathan Woodley, Warwick, GB;
Navid Shamshiri, Coventry, GB;
Andrew Raftry, Redditch, GB;
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley, Coventry, Warwickshire, GB;
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a motor vehicle having a first user-operable transmission selector means for selecting a forward operating mode of a transmission corresponding to travel in a forward direction and a reverse operating mode of a transmission corresponding to travel in a reverse direction opposite the forward direction, the control system comprising: a user-operable gear selector configured in a first functional mode to, upon receipt of a user input, select between a plurality of forward direction gear ratios, and wherein the user-operable gear selector is re-configured in a second functional mode to, upon receipt of a user input, select between the forward operating mode and the reverse operating mode.