Patent ID: 7258031

Claim:
A transmission comprising: a main shaft; an output shaft; a countershaft extending parallel to said output shaft and the main shaft, the counter shaft being in a position that is below the main shaft and above the output shaft in a vertical direction of the transmission; an intermediate shaft extending parallel to said output shaft; a forward drive gear being rotatably supported relative to said countershaft; a reverse drive gear being rotatably supported relative to said countershaft; a first intermediate gear being rotatably supported relative to said intermediate shaft, said first intermediate gear meshing with said reverse drive gear; a second intermediate gear rotatably supported relative to said intermediate shaft, said second intermediate gear being interlocked with said first intermediate gear to rotate therewith; an output shaft driven gear fixed to said output shaft, said output shaft driven gear meshing with said forward drive gear and said second intermediate gear, wherein said output shaft driven gear is the only gear attached to said output shaft; and a gear selecting and fixing device axially and movably mounted on said countershaft for selectively engaging said forward drive gear and said reverse drive gear to said countershaft.