Power transmitting gearing with full floating gear elements

Claim 1

IN A POWER TRANSMISSION MECHANISM ADAPTED TO DELIVER DRIVING TORQUE FROM A DRIVING MEMBER TO A DRIVEN MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF GEAR ELEMENTS INCLUDING A POWER INPUT GEAR A POWER OUTPUT GEAR AND IDLER GEAR ELEMENTS DISPOSED IN DRIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID POWER INPUT AND POWER OUTPUT GEARS, SAID POWER INPUT GEAR BEING CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVEN MEMBER, CLUTCH MEANS FOR BEING CONNECTED SAID DRIVEN MEMBER, CLUTCH MEANS FOR CONNECTING DIRECTLY SAID DRIVING MEMBER AND SAID DRIVEN MEMBER THEREBY BYPASSING THE TORQUE DELIVERY PATH MADE AVAILABLE IN PART BY SAID IDLER GEAR ELEMENTS, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID IDLER GEAR ELEMENTS FOR FLOATING MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THE AXES OF SAID POWER INPUT GEAR AND SAID POWER OUTPUT GEAR, COUNTERSHAFT, RELATIVELY STATIONARY SUPPORTING WALLS, AND OPENINGS FORMED IN SAID WALLS FOR RECEIVING THE END PORTIONS OF SAID COUNTERSHAFT, SAID IDLER GEAR ELEMENTS BEING ROTATABLY JOURNALLED UPON SAID COUNTERSHAFT, THE OPENINGS IN SAID WALLS BEING OVERSIZE WITH RESPECT TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID COUNTERSHAFT WHEREBY SAID IDLER GEARS ARE ADAPTED FOR FLOATING MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID POWER INPUT GEAR AND SAID POWER OUTPUT GEAR, THE COUNTERSHAFT END PORTION RECEIVED WITHIN SAID WALL OPENINGS AND SAID OPENINGS BEING CIRCULAR, THE GEOMETRIC CENTERS OF SAID END PORTIONS BEING OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTERLINE OF SAID IDLER GEAR ELEMENTS.