Patent ID: 8689655

Claim:
A 7-speed transmission for a motor vehicle, with seven forward speeds and a reverse speed, a primary shaft, a secondary shaft for driving a first drive shaft that leads to an axle differential, and a tertiary shaft for driving a second drive that leads to another axle differential, the secondary shaft carrying a fixed gear and the tertiary shaft carrying a fixed gear and the fixed gears of the secondary shaft and the tertiary shaft meshing with each other, with the fixed gear on the secondary shaft meshing with an idle gear which is coupled in a rotationally restrained manner on the primary shaft and directly drives in one of the forward speeds the fixed gear on the secondary shaft, wherein driving gears of the reverse speed, of a first one of the forward speeds, of a second one of the forward speeds and of a fourth one of the forward speeds are mounted in a rotationally restrained manner as fixed gears on the primary shaft, and driving gears of a third one of the forward speeds, of a fifth one of the forward speeds, of a sixth one of the forward speeds and of a seventh one of the forward speeds are mounted as idle gears on the primary shaft.