Patent ID: 7367437

Claim:
A shifting device, for a power transmission, comprising a transmission shaft ( 10 ), clutch members ( 12 ) which are disposed on the transmission shaft ( 10 ) and a sliding sleeve ( 11 ) which is slidably supported on the transmission shaft ( 10 ) and has a sleeve toothing ( 19 ) for operative connection with at least one corresponding clutch member ( 12 ) and which is limited in its sliding movement by at least one stop structure ( 16 ), said stop structure ( 16 ) being formed by a transmission component ( 13 ), in relation to which the sliding sleeve ( 11 ), in a striking position ( 14 ) thereof, has some freedom of operating movement providing for a clearance during operation of the transmission between the stop structure and the sliding sleeve ( 11 ) and a return structure formed on the sleeve toothings and the clutch member ( 12 ), which in operation moves the sliding sleeve ( 11 ) from its striking position ( 14 ) into an end position ( 20 ) at a distance from the striking position ( 14 ).