Patent ID: 7225697

Claim:
A power transmission arrangement, comprising: a shaft; a first gear mounted on the shaft: a plate supported by the shaft and rotatable between a first position and a second position about an axis of the shaft; a second gear supported by the plate and engaged with the first gear; and a third gear supported by the plate and movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position with the second gear when the plate is rotated between the first position and the second position, wherein the third gear is supported by the plate when the third gear is in both the disengaged position and the engaged position with the second gear; wherein the plate includes a cam feature adapted to move the third gear between the disengaged position and the engaged position when the plate is rotated between the first position and the second position; wherein the cam feature includes a first cam surface and a second cam surface, wherein the third gear is supported by the first cam surface when in the disengaged position and the second cam surface when in the engaged position.