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Gearshift device

US8347749B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Guggolz · Rutesheim, DE
Werner Hillenbrand · Neuffen, DE
Jürgen Hertlein · Herzogenaurach, DE
David Ulmer · Schenefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 23, 2011
Grant date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

In a gear shift device and a method for operating a manual gearshift device of a motor vehicle including a control unit which, in a gear shift mode is adapted to resolve a recognized tooth butt condition of a gear shift device which is to be engaged positively by a starting clutch, the control unit is adapted to select a starting mode for resolving the tooth butt condition by setting a startup readiness parameter which determines a startup readiness condition as established before the tooth butt condition is resolved for initiating clutch engagement and thereby resolving the tooth butt condition and, at the same time, starting movement of the vehicle.

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