A transmission apparatus includes at least an auxiliary transmission for supplementing a main transmission. The scoop includes a first base panel and a second base panel, each of the first and second base panels having a front edge, a back edge and two side edges. The lift-off process including emitting, from a radiation source, a radiation beam through the first substrate to an attachment interface formed between the first substrate and the at least one thick film element structure at the first surface of the first substrate. The O-rings are sheared cross-sectionally to allow the sleeve members to move axially with respect to one another.