| US RE40,615 E1 | ||
| Gearshift device | ||
| Martin Burgbacher, Esslingen (Germany); Martin Grieb, Goeppingen-Faurndau (Germany); Torsten Koeger, Stuttgart (Germany); and Bernd-Heinrich Schmitfranz, Esslingen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart (Germany) | ||
| Filed on May 07, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/840,738. | ||
| Application 10/840738 is a reissue of application No. 09/721747, filed on Nov. 27, 2000, now 6,382,041, filed on May 07, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 199 57 151 (DE), filed on Nov. 27, 1999. | ||
| Int. Cl. F16H 61/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 74—335 | 52 Claims |
| 1. Gearshift device for a motor vehicle comprising:
an input unit for receiving input data, said input unit being connected via at least one data line to a first controller for
controlling an actuator unit for setting a gearbox of a motor vehicle; and
at least one second controller which is independent of the first controller; wherein
apart from the first controller, the second controller is connected to the input unit via at least one data line; and
upon occurrence of a fault in the first controller, the actuator unit can be controlled at least partially by means of the
second controller correspondingly to the first controller.
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