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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Karl-fritz Heinzelmann, Meckenbeuren, DE;
Karl-Fritz Heinzelmann, Meckenbeuren, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A device for reducing rattling noises in a variable-speed transmission having a main shaft, two countershafts and gearwheels that are mounted, with some radial play relative to the main shaft, for rotation around the main shaft. To engage a gear, a respective loose gearwheel can be connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the main shaft. In a first embodiment, at least one loose gearwheel is mounted on the main shaft by at least one roller bearing, and the roller bearing is axially fixed relative to the main shaft by at least one flexibly resilient element. In a second embodiment, the loose gearwheel is supported, by a roller bearing on a component that is fixed to the housing and has radial play. The roller bearing is axially fixed relative to the component fixed to the housing by at least one flexibly resilient element.