Patent ID: 7841435

Claim:
A transmission, preferably for a front axle of a forklift truck, comprising at least one gear speed, a drive pinion, an internal gear, and a housing, wherein the drive pinion and the internal gear each comprise a rotation axis arranged offset with respect to each other, a running wheel is configured to be directly connected to the internal gear for co-rotation, and the drive pinion is configured to be coupled to a drive motor that is configured to be flanged to the transmission, wherein the internal gear is rotatably mounted on a stationary support element, and after it has been assembled to the support element, forms a portion of the housing, wherein the support element is arranged coaxially with the rotation axis of the internal gear, wherein the internal gear meshes through an internal teething with a planetary gear which is configured as a drive shaft and configured with a centrically configured teething, and which is supported on both sides of the teething through a bearing element.