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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Martin Miller, Immenstaad am Bodensee, DE;
Bernd Lutz, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, DE;
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A detent device for a transmission, having a shifting element, first and second end-position retaining configurations arranged at first and second positions, respectively on the shifting element, the second position is different from the first, and a neutral retaining configuration arranged on the shifting element at a third position different from the first and second positions. A latching first detent element which, depending on the position of the shifting element, latches either at the first or second end positions in the first or second end-position retaining configurations, respectively, and another latching detent element, which latches in the neutral retaining configuration when the shifting element is in its neutral position. The neutral retaining configuration has a retaining contour which is designed and/or orientated differently on the shifting element from the first end-position retaining configuration and from the second end-position retaining configuration. A transmission with a detent device.