Patent ID: 6860341

Claim:
A gear transmissing assembly for an electrical power tool, comprising a housing ( 6 ); a multi-stage gear train ( 1 ) located in the housing and having a plurality of axially displaceable indexing gears ( 4 a , 4 b ) associated with respective stages of the gear train ( 1 ); and shift means ( 2 ) for shifting the gear train ( 1 ) from one stage to another, the shift means having a shifting slide ( 3 ) displaceable from one shift stage to another, and a plurality of springable shifting stirrups ( 5 a , 5 b ) connected with the shifting slide ( 3 ) and cooperating with respective indexing gears ( 4 a , 4 b ) for displacing the respective indexing gears in response to displacement of the shifting slide ( 3 ) between shift stages, wherein each shifting stirrup ( 5 a , 5 b ) is pivotally supported on an axle (S) fixedly secured to the housing ( 6 ).