Patent ID: 6067870
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A manual transmission comprising:an input shaft having a proximal end adapted to be drivingly connected to an engine and a distal end;a first intermediate shaft having a first transfer gear fixed thereto at a first end thereof;a second intermediate shaft having a second transfer gear fixed thereto at a first end thereof;a first input gear fixed proximal to said proximal end of said input shaft;a first speed gear rotatably supported on said first intermediate shaft proximal to said first transfer gear and meshed with said first input gear;a second input gear fixed to said input shaft;a second speed gear rotatably supported on said first intermediate shaft and meshed with said second input gear;a first synchronizer clutch for selectively coupling either of said first and second speed gears to said first intermediate shaft;a compound gear fixed to said input shaft and including third and fourth input gears fixed to a stub shaft;a third speed gear rotatably supported on said second intermediate shaft and meshed with said third input gear;a fourth speed gear rotatably supported on said second intermediate shaft and meshed with said fourth input gear;a second synchronizer clutch for selectively coupling either of said third and fourth speed gears to said second intermediate shaft;a fifth speed gear rotatably supported on said first intermediate shaft and meshed with said third input gear;a sixth speed gear rotatably supported on said first intermediate shaft and meshed with said fourth input gear;a third synchronizer clutch for selectively coupling either of said fifth and sixth speed gears to said first intermediate shaft;a reverse gear rotatably supported on said second intermediate shaft proximal to said second transfer gear and meshed with said first speed gear;a fourth synchronizer clutch for selectively coupling said reverse gear to said second intermediate shaft; anda final drive gear meshed with said first and second transfer gears.