Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Michael Ibele

Martin Ruider

A shiftable shaft connector that has a sliding sleeve that can be displaced axially between an engaged position and a disengaged position, a shifting gear () with a shifting contour () that is connected in an axially fixed manner to the sliding sleeve and can rotate in relation thereto, at least one support element corresponding to the shifting contour (), and an actuator for rotating the shifting gear (), in which the shifting contour () has a release stop () assigned to the disengaged position, and an engagement selection stop () and an engagement stop () assigned to the engaged position, a method for shifting such a shaft connector, wherein the shifting gear () is rotated in a releasing direction in order to displace the sliding sleeve into the disengaged position, until the at least one support element reaches the release stop () of the shifting contour (), and is rotated in an engagement direction in order to displace the sliding sleeve into the engaged position of the shifting gear (), until the at least one support element reaches the engagement selection stop () of the shifting contour (), and a vehicle transmission that has a drive shaft and an output shaft, wherein the vehicle transmission has a shaft connector of the type described above, that acts between the drive shaft and the output shaft.

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