Method and Apparatus for Controlling an Automatic Transmission

摘要

In a motor vehicle, the shifting characteristics for kick-down shifting for gear selection in the sense of a kick-down simulation are activated by at least one selection device by which the gears of the transmission can be manually shifted up and down in a manual mode, and by an electronic control unit that predetermines a gear selection for controlling the setting elements of the transmission as a function of the signals of the selection devices, of shifting characteristics, and of further input signals. For kick-down shifting, the further input signals are the activation of the selection device into the down-shift position that requests manual down-shifting and the holding of the selection device in this down-shift position for a predetermined period of time.

主权项

1. A method for controlling an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle equipped with at least one selection device by which gears of the transmission are manually shiftable up and down in a manual mode and an electronic control unit that predetermines a gear selection for controlling setting elements of the transmission, the method comprising the acts of:
predetermining, via the electronic control unit, the gear selection as a function of signals of the at least one selection device, shifting characteristics, and additional input signals; and activating shifting characteristics for kick-down shifting for the gear selection in a sense of a kick-down simulation when the selection device is activated into a down-shift position that requests a manual down-shifting and the selection device is held in the down-shift position for a predetermined period of time.