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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Bauer, Ingolstadt, DE;
Johann Eichler, Ingolstadt, DE;
Hennig Schmahl, Ingolstadt, DE;
Iwo Heidrich, Eching, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F16H 59/12 (2006.01); F16H 61/12 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/0204 (2013.01); F16H 59/12 (2013.01); F16H 61/12 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0243 (2013.01); F16H 2061/122 (2013.01); F16H 2061/1268 (2013.01); F16H 2061/1284 (2013.01); Y10T 74/2003 (2015.01);
Abstract
An automatic transmission having an operator control which has at least one manually actuable switching rocker which is arranged on a steering wheel. A sensor senses the actuation of the switching rocker and is connected via a signal path to a transmission control device of the automatic transmission. The switching rocker and the transmission control device are additionally connected to one another via a second signal path which is independent of the signal path.