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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Carl Schilling, Weingarten, DE;
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A gearbox comprising a gearbox housing at least partially surrounding a cavity, an oil sump connected to the gearbox housing and surrounding another cavity, and a separating element separating the cavity from the other cavity and having a passage through which oil located in the cavity is fed into the other cavity. The passage is arranged in a plane at an intersection line between a first oil level upper side and a second oil level upper side. The oil is fed from the cavity into the other cavity exclusively through the passage. The separating element has a passage section and a separating section, the passage section protrudes from the separating section in the radial direction.