Motor vehicle having a control element for selecting a vehicle operating mode from a plurality of defined vehicle operating modes

US11841077B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Joerg Bartels · Baldham, DE
• Johannes Elflein · Munich, DE
• Stefan Erschen · Munich, DE
• Fabian Herbst · Munich, DE
• Michael Marks · Cedar Rapids, US
• Christian Molitor · Munich, DE
• Jens Adrian ROETH · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2063/423
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle has a control element for selecting a vehicle operating mode from a plurality of defined vehicle operating modes. Furthermore, the motor vehicle has at least one drive motor and an electronically controllable, automated transmission, which is operable in at least one automatic program and in at least one manual program. The motor vehicle also has an electric control arrangement and at least one button for triggering a changeover from an automatic program to a manual program. The electronic control arrangement is configured such that, upon activation of the button for triggering a manual program for a predefined minimum duration by the driver, an operating mode, which is not selectable via the control element based on dynamics, independent of the activation of the control element, is automatically activatable and displayable on the display instead of a selectable operating mode.