Gear unit

US9777822B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Loyal George MacMillian · Karlsruhe, DE
• Georg Goeppert · Hausach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H63/32
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transmission comprising at least a first shaft and at least a second shaft parallel thereto, comprising a first gear wheel and a second gear wheel arranged on the first and second shafts, respectively, the first gear wheel of said first shaft and the second gear of the second shaft arranged as a gear wheel pair and meshing with each other, wherein the first gear wheel of the gear wheel pair is non-rotatably fixed to the first shaft and the second gear wheel of the gear wheel pair is rotatably arranged on the second shaft, an axially displaceable shifting collar for fixing the second gear wheel against rotation relative to the second shaft, an axially displaceable selector fork for actuating the shifting collar and, a damping element arranged on the selector fork and is able to engage a transmission element.