Getrag Ford Transmissions Gmbh

Patrick Soehnge

Andreas Hegerath

Frank Pricken

Stephan Scheve

Patric Lau

A transmission for a motor vehicle, includes a housing (), which has a first housing part () and a second housing part (), wherein, in the assembled state of the transmission, the first housing part () and the second housing part () are joined together, having a vent duct (), through which air can escape from the transmission, and having a separate breather element (), which extends into the first housing part () and forms at least one first duct wall of the vent duct (), and the breather element () is located in a plug-in position in the first housing half () and has a fixing stop (), against which the second housing part () bears in the assembled state of the transmission and thus securely fixes the breather element () in the plug-in position.

Transmission with a separate breather element

A gear shift mechanism of a gear shift transmission having a plurality of gears is described. A first movable gear shift fork and at least one second movable gear shift fork are provided for engaging gears of the gear shift transmission and assuming a neutral position as well as an engaged position where a gear allocated to a respective one of the first and second gear shift forks is engaged. A locking mechanism comprising a locking element is provided that prevents that both gear shift forks can assume at the same time unintentionally an engaged position. The locking mechanism is designed such that in a locking position a force for moving the first gear shift fork out of its neutral position does not generate a resulting component of force that would force the locking element against the second gear shift fork.

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Wuppertal, Germany

Patrick Soehnge