ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,208, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Transmission device having a shaft" was invented by Tobias Haerter (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission device includes a shaft and two idler gears having gear toothings arranged coaxially with respect to an axis of rotation of the shaft and axially next to each other on the shaft. A switch element is fixed against rotation and arranged axially shiftably in relation to a first idler gear. With regard to the axis of rotation of the shaft, the switch element extends axially from between the two gear toothings up to a side ...