Patent ID: 8056433

Claim:
A shifting device ( 14 ) for a multi-gear manual transmission of a motor vehicle, the shifting device comprising: a gearshift shaft ( 16 ) arranged in a housing ( 18 ) such that the gearshift shaft ( 16 ) is axially and rotationally movable, and by axial longitudinal movement a shift gate is selected, and, by rotational movement within the selected shift gate a gear is engaged, a locking device ( 20 ) arranged perpendicular to the gearshift shaft ( 16 ), for increasing a selection force when selecting a shift gate with a reverse gear, a spring arrangement ( 28 ) which comprises at least a first spring element ( 30 ), a second spring element ( 32 ) and a first stop element ( 34 , 68 ) such that the first spring element ( 30 ) acts during selection of a shift gate with two forward gears and the second spring element ( 32 ) acts together with the locking device ( 20 ) during the selection of the shift gate with the reverse gear such that a force required to shift into the shift gate with the reverse gear is greater than a force required to shift into each shift gate with two forward gears.