Patent ID: 6863156

Claim:
A gearbox housing element having an oil outlet opening which is closed by a device for regulating an oil volume disposed in a gearbox housing, wherein in a first working position the device predetermining, in a region of an upper opening, a height of an oil level, and wherein in a second working position of the device an oil drain opening arranged below the upper opening is released in order to empty at least a majority of the oil volume by gravity, wherein the device is brought from the first working position into the second working position by a mechanical action from outside the gearbox housing through the oil outlet opening, wherein in the first working position, a part of the device has a tight connection to the oil drain opening of the gearbox housing and the tight connection is released by the mechanical action in order to produce the second working position, and wherein the device is connected to the gearbox housing by a snap-in pipe.