Patent ID: 7337871

Claim:
A gear support for mounting a gear on a motor vehicle, with an elongate carrier portion which is oriented along a longitudinal axis, with a flange portion at one end of the carrier portion, the flange portion serving for fastening the gear support to a case of the gear, and with a bearing portion in the region of an opposite end of the carrier portion, the bearing portion serving for mounting the gear support on the motor vehicle, wherein the carrier portion has two mutually opposite longitudinal spars between which ribs extend, and wherein the longitudinal spars comprise plates which are oriented approximately parallel to one another and offset from the longitudinal axis, wherein the ribs are planar, and wherein the flange portion, the bearing portion and the ribs comprise orifices for leading through a drive shaft of the motor vehicle, the orifices being aligned with one another along the longitudinal axis of the carrier portion.