Patent ID: 6397692
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A transmission for use with a vehicle, comprising:a first input shaft having a plurality of drive gears rotatably mounted thereon for selective engagement with said first input shaft; a second input shaft concentric with said first input shaft and having a drive gear mounted thereon; an idler gear in meshing engagement with said drive gear on said second input shaft; a lay shaft having an input gear in meshing engagement with said idler gear and a plurality of drive gears rotatably mounted thereon for selective engagement with said lay shaft; a driven shaft parallel to said first input shaft and said lay shaft 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 input shaft and said lay shaft; and at least one synchronizer device mounted on each of said first input shaft and said lay shaft for selectively engaging selected ones of said drive gears to said first input shaft and said lay shaft for transmitting drive torque to one of said driven gears mounted on said driven shaft; wherein said drive gears include a reverse gear and first through sixth speed gears, one of said first input shaft and said lay shaft including first, third and fifth speed gears which are selectively engaged thereto by a pair of synchronizer devices the other of said first input shaft and said lay shaft including second, fourth and sixth speed gears which are selectively engaged thereto by a pair of synchronizer devices.