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Selecting arrangement having a display device

US6046673A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 8, 1998
Grant dateApr 4, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19251
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A selecting arrangement having a display device, particularly for a motor vehicle, is described by which, by the deflection of a control element which is automatically restored for certain deflecting directions, particularly of a selector lever, a currently selected operating position and additional, optionally selectable operating positions, of a unit which can be controlled into several operating positions, particularly a motor vehicle transmission, are displayed. The currently selected operating position and the resulting shifting possibilities into additional, not selected operating positions are always displayed. More operating positions of the unit are adjustable than there are deflecting directions for the control element. The display of the currently selected operating position and the display of each individual additional selectable operating position are always displayed at the same point of the display device. The control element for selecting one defined operating position respectively must in each case always be deflected in the same direction.

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