Daimler Chrysler Ag

Jürgen Roth

Uwe Mierisch

In a gear drive for a motor vehicle comprising a first gear, a second gear in engagement with the first gear, an oil sump arranged below the second gear such that the second gear is partially immersed in the oil sump, and an oil collection structure disposed at a level higher than the oil sump for collecting oil carried by the gears out of the oil sump, the second gear is provided at least at one side thereof with an oil guide element which extends at the side of the first gear over the engagement area thereof with the second gear and carries oil upward for collection in the oil collection structure.

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Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Jürgen Roth