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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Jürgen Wafzig, Eriskirch, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A transmission for a vehicle with an input drive shaft ( ), a coaxial output drive shaft ( ) and a counter shaft ( ) which is installed axis-parallel to the input and output shafts ( ) and can be driveably connected with the input and output shafts ( ) by gear sets (I to V and W) and shifting clutches (a to e, g, h), whereby certain gear sets (I, II, III, W) form a principal gear-drive group ( ) and two gear sets (IV, V) form a range group ( ) located proximal to the output shaft ( ). The proposal is that between the input drive shaft ( ) and the output drive shaft ( ) a coaxial intermediate shaft ( ) is located, in which a first shifting clutch (a) can connect the intermediate shaft ( ) to the input drive shaft ( ) and a sixth shifting clutch (f) can connect the intermediate shaft ( ) with the output shaft ( ). The counter shaft ( ) comprises a first counter shaft ( ) and a second counter shaft ( ), coaxial aligned therewith, which can be coupled with the first counter shaft ( ) by a second shifting clutch (b).