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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 05, 2006
Stefan Kapp, Walheim, DE;
Andreas Palme, Heilbronn, DE;
Stefan Kapp, Walheim, DE;
Andreas Palme, Heilbronn, DE;
Getrag Getriebe- und Zahradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG, Untergruppenbach, DE;
Abstract
A groove follower () for cooperating with a shift groove () of a shift drum () of a multi-step transmission for a motor vehicle, the groove follower () having a vertical crowning and a longitudinal crowning, and the shift groove () defining an active diameter along which the groove follower () is to be guided in a state in which the groove follower () engages into the shift groove (), and the entirety of all the vertices (S) of the vertical crowning forming a guide curve (L) along the circumference of the groove follower, characterized in that the position of the vertices of the vertical crowning is selected such that the guide curve (L) corresponds essentially to the active diameter of the shift drum ().(FIG.)