Patent ID: 6021684
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
Motor vehicle gearbox, comprising at least one input shaft, at least one lay shaft, gears carried by the input shaft and the lay shaft, said gears engaging each other to transmit torque from the input shaft to the lay shaft, an output shaft and gears which are carried by the lay shaft and the output shaft and which interengage in pairs to transmit torque from the lay shaft to the output shaft, at least one gear in each pair being a releasable free gear, either the input shaft or the output shaft being provided with an axial, cylindrical and concentric bore opening at a shaft end facing the shaft end of the other shaft, said other shaft being provided with a shaft end which extends into and is carried in the bore, wherein the shaft end (17) is carried in the bore (19) at at least two axially spaced bearing locations (20,22), and at least one of said bearing locations (20,22) is located radially inside an engaging sleeve non-rotatably but axially displaceably mounted on the output shaft (19), by means of which a gear (44) is locked to the output shaft (19) or the input and output shafts (6,19) are coupled together to transmit torque directly from the input shaft to the output shaft.