Patent ID: 7140995

Claim:
A gear drive for a motor vehicle comprising a first gear ( 12 ), a second gear ( 13 ) in engagement with the first gear ( 12 ), and an oil sump disposed below the second gear ( 13 ) such that the second gear ( 13 ) is partially immersed in the oil sump, an oil collection structure ( 20 ) disposed at a higher level than the oil sump for collecting oil carried by the second and the first gears upward out of the oil sump, said first gear ( 12 ) having at least at one side thereof an oil guide ring element ( 18 ) which is firmly connected to the first gear ( 12 ), and extends over the engagement area of the first gear ( 12 ) with the second gear ( 13 ) in axially spaced relationship for collecting oil squeezed axially out of the area of engagement of the first and second gears and throw it tangentially off the oil guide ring element ( 18 ) into the oil collecting structure ( 20 ).