Patent 11221060 was granted and assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen on January, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A transmission (1) for a motor vehicle includes at least one input shaft (2) which can be connected to an internal combustion engine (VM) in a rotationally fixed manner and with at least one input shaft power transmission element, a first shaft (3) including at least one power transmission element, a second shaft (4) including at least one other power transmission element, and a transmission output shaft (5) which is engaged with the first shaft (3) and the second shaft (4). The transmission (1) includes at least one gear plane (RE), in which the at least one input shaft power transmission element is engaged with the at least one power transmission element and with the at least one other power transmission element. The transmission (1) includes precisely two gear planes, and the power transmission element and the other power transmission element are each an idler gear.