Patent ID: 8245590

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for transmitting torque from a first shaft ( 2 ) to a second shaft ( 3 ) of a transmission, the device ( 1 ) comprising: a first gear ( 5 ) being rotationally supported on the first shaft ( 2 ) by a bearing ( 4 ), the first gear ( 5 ), in an assembled state, engaging a second gear ( 6 ) arranged on the second shaft ( 3 ), the first gear ( 5 ) being shiftable into an activated state in which the first gear ( 5 ) is connected, in a rotationally fixed manner, to the first shaft ( 2 ), a supporting mechanism ( 18 ) having a part ( 14 ) that is axially moveable, along the first shaft, with respect to both the first gear ( 5 ) and the first shaft ( 2 ), and the part, during engagement, only frictionally engaging with the first gear ( 5 ); the supporting mechanism ( 18 ) being associated with the first gear ( 5 ) via which a tilting moment acting on the first gear ( 5 ), at least in the connected state, in addition to the bearing ( 4 ) are transmitted to and supported by the first shaft ( 2 ); wherein a spring mechanism ( 16 , 22 B, 46 ) biases the part into a first position.