Patent ID: 8549948

Claim:
An arrangement of a shift rocker ( 1 , 11 ), in a transmission housing, comprising a sliding sleeve ( 2 ) and a shift rod ( 3 , 13 ), the shift rod being cylindrical and having a rod groove which defines a chord in a cross section of the shift rod, the shift rocker ( 1 , 11 ) being mounted to pivot relative to the transmission housing about a pivot axis (a), the shift rocker ( 1 , 11 ) being actuatable by the shift rod ( 3 , 13 ) and engaging, via sliding blocks ( 6 , 7 ; 16 , 17 ), in an annular groove ( 2 b ) of the sliding sleeve ( 2 ), the pivot axis (a) of the shift rocker ( 1 , 11 ) being vertical, and the shift rocker ( 1 , 11 ) having at least one supporting element ( 9 , 19 ) spaced from the vertical pivot axis (a), either the at least one supporting element ( 9 , 19 ) being received within the rod groove ( 8 ) or a coupling element ( 20 ) vertically aligned with the supporting element ( 9 , 19 ) being received within the rod groove ( 8 ), and the at least one supporting element ( 9 , 19 ) directly abuts the shift rod ( 3 ) to vertically support the shift rocker ( 1 , 11 ) on the shift rod ( 3 ), and the at least one supporting element ( 9 , 19 ) being the only vertically directed support for the shift rocker ( 1 , 11 ).