Patent ID: 8037776

Claim:
A gear braking device for a multi-speed manual transmission ( 2 ), the gear braking device comprising a gear brake that is located outside a transmission housing and engagable with a power take-off shaft ( 12 , 112 , 212 ) that extends out of the transmission housing and is drivingly connectable with an input-side gear shaft arrangement such that the input-side gear shaft arrangement is braked by the gear brake, via the power take-off shaft ( 12 , 112 , 212 ), at least one power take-off connection ( 20 , 120 , 220 ) being located downstream a gear mechanism ( 122 , 222 ) and the at least one power take-off connection ( 20 , 120 , 220 ) being drivingly connected with the power take-off shaft ( 12 , 112 , 212 ), the gear brake braking and synchronizing rotation of the input-side gear shaft arrangement with rotation of a drive output shaft ( 6 ) during an upshift of the transmission ( 2 ) when a driving clutch is disengaged; the at least one power take-off shaft ( 112 , 212 ) branches out into an auxiliary shaft ( 124 , 224 ) which interacts with the gear brake ( 116 , 216 ) and the at least one power take-off shaft ( 112 , 212 ) comprises the at least one power take-off connection ( 120 , 220 ); and the at least one power take-off shaft ( 112 , 212 ) drives, via the gear mechanism ( 122 , 222 ), the auxiliary shaft ( 124 , 224 ).