Kurt Ringger - Bluffton IN, US Matthew Hormann - Fort Wayne IN, US Mark Thurber - Fort Wayne IN, US Mary Wesler - New Paris OH, US John Rotz - Fort Wayne IN, US
International Classification:
B60W 10/02
US Classification:
477079000
Abstract:
A steering wheel () that has an axis of turning () axis for steering a motor vehicle that has an engine, a drivetrain, a transmission that provides different gear ratios for coupling the engine to the drivetrain, and a transmission controller that in an automatic mode automatically shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to changing vehicle torque requirements and in a manual mode shifts the transmission from one gear ratio to another in response to manual actuation of a shift command device. A module () contains both the shift command device () and a mode selection device () for selecting between the automatic and manual modes.