Patent ID: 6044931
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A transmission for use with a vehicle, comprising:a housing having a partition plate in a center portion thereof;a first drive shaft supported within said housing and having a plurality of drive gears rotatably mounted thereon for selective engagement with said first drive shaft, said first drive shaft extending through said partition plate;a second drive shaft concentric with said first drive shaft and having a plurality of drive gears rotatable mounted thereon for selective engagement with said second drive shaft;a driven shaft supported within said housing in parallel to said first and second drive shafts and including a plurality of driven gears fixedly mounted to said driven shaft in meshing engagement with corresponding ones of said drive gears mounted to said first and second drive shafts; anda pump mechanism mounted on said partition plate for drawing lubrication fluid from a bottom of said housing and into a centrally located lubrication passage in said first drive shaft, wherein said pump mechanism is driven by a reverse idler gear mounted to said partition plate.