Abstract: A manually controlled shifting conversion apparatus for a multistage transmission having multiple shifting packets wherein gears for successive, non-adjacent gear ratios are located in each shifting packet and gears for successive, adjacent gear ratios are located in different shifting packets. The gears located in each shifting packet are respectively engaged by opposing axial displacements of the shifting packet controlled by a gear shift lever (4). The gear shift level (4) has a shifting pattern wherein the shifting positions of successive gear ratios are located in opposing positions in the shifting pattern.

Abstract: An actuating drive for transmitting drive torque to a power takeoff, comprising a drive unit; a braking device comprising a cylindrical surface; and a wrap spring having a plurality of turns which are concentric to the cylindrical surface, a pair of ends, a first actuating area on one of the ends, and a second actuating area on one of the ends. When the drive unit exerts a drive torque in a first direction, the first actuating area is nonrotatably connected to the drive unit, the turns undergo a diameter change away from the cylindrical surface, and the second actuating area is nonrotatably connected to the power takeoff for transmitting drive torque. When the drive torque is interrupted, the turns undergo a diameter change toward the cylindrical surface and frictionally engage the cylindrical surface to block transmission of restoring torque from the power takeoff to the drive unit.

Abstract: A shifting apparatus for a multistage transmission, especially for a motor vehicle, whereby in the transmission at least two non-successively following ratio stages are assigned to a shifting packet, whereby a gear shift lever (4) is provided for the actuation of the shifting packet and that a shifting pattern (6) is provided for the gear shift lever (4), with which, essentially, the shifting positions of each two subsequently following gears lie in paths (5) opposite to one another, and that the. gears which are available with a shifting path (5) are assigned to different shifting packets.

Abstract: A drive unit is in working connection with a power takeoff by way of a wrap spring, which has a predetermined number of turns between its two ends and which serves as a load torque interlock. The wrap spring has a first actuating area assigned to a selected direction of rotation on at least one of its two ends and a second actuating area assigned to the opposite direction of rotation, where the first actuating area can be brought into nonrotatable working connection with the drive unit and the second actuating area into nonrotatable working connection with the power takeoff. By the application of a drive torque produced by the drive unit on the first actuating area, a first change in the diameter of the turns in the direction away from a braking device can be obtained, with the result that the frictional connection between the turns and the braking device is at least weakened.