Patent ID: 9046166
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B60K,F16H

Abstract:
1. A transfer gearbox for a motor vehicle, the transfer gearbox comprising: a housing; an input shaft rotatably mounted in the housing and formed in one piece with a first output shaft; a second output shaft rotatably mounted in the housing offset parallel to, and spatially below the input shaft and the first output shaft; a chain drive having a lower chain wheel rotationally coupled to the second output shaft, an upper chain wheel, and a chain to drive-connect the lower chain wheel and the upper chain wheel; an oil sump to receive lubricating oil which is to be engaged by the lower chain wheel such that, via the chain, the lubrication oil is conveyed from the oil sump in a direction of the upper chain wheel; and an oil reservoir to collect the lubrication oil conveyed by the chain, the oil reservoir having an outlet opening which opens into the oil sump, and which is arranged immediately adjacent to, and flush with the chain in order that the chain throttles an outflow out of the lubrication oil from the oil reservoir into the oil sump.