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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2001
Roland Stauber, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Friedrich J. Ehrlinger, Friedrichshafen, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system of structural shapes to build a line of products having gears of different total ratio or a different number of ratio steps. Transmissions ( ) of vehicles consisting of three successively disposed partial gears ( ), a main gear part ( ), a multi-gear split gear part ( ) and a multi-gear group transmission ( ) have for the split gear part ( ) and the group transmission part ( ) and the gear steps of each main gear part ( ) in all structural shapes on all gear wheels ( ) the same number of teeth with at least those gear wheel pairs ( - - - - ) corresponding to the gear wheel pairs of the structural shape of the transmission ( ) having the least number of gear steps.