1. A pick for an instrument having a string, said pick comprising:
a body formed of a first material and having an outer periphery;
a tip extending from said outer periphery of said body for engaging the string of the instrument; and
said tip formed of a second material different from said first material of said body.
2. A pick as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first material is further defined as a polymeric material.
3. A pick as set forth in claim 2 wherein said polymeric material is further defined as plastic.
4. A pick as set forth in claim 1 wherein said second material is further defined as a metal material.
5. A pick as set forth in claim 4 wherein said metal material is further defined as brass.
6. A pick as set forth in claim 4 wherein said metal material is further defined as steel.
7. A pick as set forth in claim 4 wherein said metal material is further defined as copper.
8. A pick as set forth in claim 4 wherein said metal material is further defined as aluminum.
9. A pick as set forth in claim 1 wherein said outer periphery includes a distal edge, a first edge adjacent said distal edge, and a second edge adjacent said distal edge spaced from said first edge with said tip extending from said distal edge for engaging the string of the instrument.
10. A pick as set forth in claim 9 wherein said tip includes a distal end extending beyond said distal edge of said outer periphery for engaging the string.
11. A pick as set forth in claim 10 wherein said distal end defines an arcuate configuration.
12. A pick as set forth in claim 10 wherein said tip includes a first leg extending along said first edge and a second leg extending along said second edge with said first and second legs spaced from each other and each extending from said distal end.
13. A pick as set forth in claim 12 wherein said tip includes a first finger extending from said first leg inwardly away from said first edge and a second finger extending from said second leg inwardly away from said second edge.
14. A pick as set forth in claim 12 wherein said first material covers at least a portion of said first and second legs for securing said tip to said body.
15. A pick as set forth in claim 13 wherein said first material covers said first and second fingers for securing said tip to said body.
16. A pick as set forth in claim 13 wherein said tip is further defined as a wire.
17. A pick as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tip extends from said outer periphery entirely surrounding said body.
18. A pick as set forth in claim 17 wherein said tip is further defined as a wire.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A double clutch transmission (1) comprising:
a double clutch (2) having an input (8) connected with a drive shaft of a drive engine and first and second outputs,
a transmission shaft (5) connected to the first output of the double clutch (2),
a hollow transmission shaft (4) coaxial with the transmission shaft (5) and connected to the second output of the double clutch (2),
an intermediate shaft (22),
a plurality of fixed gears (12, 13, 14, 15, 26, 27, 35, 36) mounted on each of the transmission shaft (5), the hollow transmission shaft (4) and the intermediate shaft (22),
a plurality of idler gears (10, 11, 16, 17, 29, 32, 33, 34) rotatably supported on each of the transmission shaft (5), the hollow transmission shaft (4) and the intermediate shaft (22), and
a plurality of shifting units (20, 21, 37, 38) for non-rotatably connecting associated idler gears (10, 11, 16, 17, 29, 32, 33, 34) to corresponding ones of the transmission shaft (5), the hollow transmission shaft (4) and the intermediate shaft (22) for realizing desired transmission gear ratios,
wherein a first idler gear and a second idler gear are associated with each shifting unit and the first and the second idler gears associated with each shifting unit are non-sequentially related, and
a first fixed gear for a reverse gear ratio (RG) and a second fixed gear for a first gear ratio (G1) are arranged as one of
axially adjacent gears on the transmission shaft (5), and a single gear on the transmission shaft (5).
2. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein the single fixed gear (46) or the first fixed gear (13) for the reverse gear (RG) and the second fixed gear (14) for the first gear (G1) are arranged on a coaxially inner transmission input shaft (5), latter two toothed gears (13, 14) are identical in design with respect to dimensions and pinion gearing.
3. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein the first fixed gear (13) for the reverse gear (RG) is arranged between an axial end (18) of a hollow transmission input shaft (4) and the second fixed gear (14) for the first gear (G1).
4. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein a fixed gear (12) for the second gear (G2) is arranged on an axially open end (18) of a hollow transmission input shaft (4).
5. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein a torsional oscillation damper (6) is arranged between the input side (8) of the double clutch transmission (2) and the drive shaft of the drive engine.
6. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein toothed gears for even-numbered gears (G2, G4, G6) are arranged on a hollow transmission input shaft (4), and toothed gears for odd-numbered gears (G1, G3, G5, G7) along with the reverse gear (RG) are arranged on another, inner transmission input shaft (5).
7. The double clutch transmission according to claim 6, wherein the toothed gears are arranged in a gear sequence with respect to the double clutch (2) of fourth gear (G4), sixth gear (G6), second gear (G2), reverse gear (RG), first gear (G1), third gear (G3), seventh gear (G7), fifth gear (G5).
8. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein the fixed gears for the reverse gear (RG), the first gear (G1) and a third gear (G3) can be driven via a radially outer clutch (K1), while the fixed gear (12) for a second gear (G2) can be driven via a radially inner clutch (K2) of the double clutch (2).
9. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein two shifting units (37, 38) are arranged on the intermediate shaft (22) axially between two shifting units (20, 21) on the two transmission input shafts (4, 5).
10. The double clutch transmission according to claim 9, wherein a single common shifting unit (20) is allocated to first idler gears (10, 11) for a sixth gear (G6) and a fourth gear (G4), a single common shifting unit (21) is allocated to second idler gears (16, 17) for a fifth gear (G5) and a seventh gear (G7), a single common shifting unit (37) is allocated to third idler gears (29, 32) for a second gear (G2) and the reverse gear (RG) on the intermediate shaft (22), and a single common shifting unit (38) is allocated to fourth idler gears (33, 34) for the first gear (G1) and the third gear (G3) on the intermediate shaft (22).
11. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein a reverse idler gear (32) meshes with a reverse intermediate gear (30), which in turn meshes with a same toothing with the reverse fixed gear (13) or a common fixed gear (46) on the transmission input shaft (5), all reverse toothed gears are arranged in a single reverse gear plane (9).
12. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein a fixed output gear (28) is non-rotatably arranged on the intermediate shaft (22), and meshes with an output gear (39) which is mounted on an output shaft (41), the open end of which supports a bevel gear (42), which meshes with an outer toothing (40) on a housing of a differential transmission (43).
13. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein an output shaft (41) leads to a differential transmission (43) of the vehicle that is allocated to one of front-axle drive shafts (44,45) or rear-axle drive shafts.
14. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein an end (25) of the intermediate shaft (22) that points away from the double clutch (2) can be connected to an output shaft cardan shaft (19) that leads to rear wheels of the vehicle.
15. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein an end (31) of the intermediate shaft (22) that points toward the double clutch (2) supports a bevel gear, which meshes with an outer toothing on a housing of a differential transmission (24).
16. The double clutch transmission according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate shaft (22) drives an inter-axle differential transmission of any design.
17. The double clutch transmission according to claim 16, wherein the inter-axle differential transmission is arranged on a side of the intermediate shaft (22) that faces away from the drive engine.
18. A double clutch transmission (1) comprising:
a double clutch (2) having an input (8) connected with a drive shaft of a drive engine and first and second outputs,
a transmission shaft (5) connected to the first output of the double clutch (2),
a hollow transmission shaft (4) coaxial with the transmission shaft (5) and connected to the second output of the double clutch (2), and
an intermediate shaft (22),
a plurality of fixed gears (12, 13, 14, 15, 26, 27, 35, 36) mounted on the transmission shaft (5), the hollow transmission shaft (4) and the intermediate shaft (22),
a plurality of idler gears (10, 11, 16, 17, 29, 32, 33, 34) rotatably supported on the transmission shaft (5), the hollow transmission shaft (4) and the intermediate shaft (22), and
a plurality of shifting units (20, 21, 37, 38) for non-rotatably connecting associated idler gears (10, 11, 16, 17, 29, 32, 33, 34) to corresponding ones of the transmission shaft (5), the hollow transmission shaft (4) and the intermediate shaft (22) for realizing transmission gear ratios,
wherein a first idler gear and a second idler gear are associated with each shifting unit and the first and second idler gears associated with each shifting unit are non-sequentially related, and
a first fixed gear for a reverse gear ratio (RG) and a second fixed gear for a first gear ratio (G1) are arranged as one of
axially adjacent gears on the transmission shaft (5) and a single gear on the transmission shaft (5),
a fixed output gear (28) is non-rotatably arranged on the intermediate shaft (22), and meshes with an output gear (39) which is mounted on an output shaft (41) and which has an open end supporting a bevel gear (42) which meshes with an outer toothing (40) on a housing of a differential transmission (43), and
the fixed output gear (28) is arranged on the intermediate shaft (22) between a fixed gear (26) for a sixth gear (G6) or a fixed gear for a fourth gear (G4) and an idler gear (29) for a second gear (G2).