Patent ID: 7753173

Claim:
A transfer case for motor vehicles, comprising: a housing; a primary shaft; a secondary shaft; an offset drive connected for rotation with the secondary shaft; a friction clutch having an outer part fixed for rotation with the primary shaft and an inner part fixed for rotation with the offset drive, the friction clutch can be selectively actuated for channeling off torque from the primary shaft and supplying it via the inner part and the offset drive to the secondary shaft; two ramp rings which can be rotated relative to one another for actuating the friction clutch and which are located between the friction clutch and the offset drive; and an oil reservoir fastened in the housing between the friction clutch and the offset drive so as to partly extend around the ramp rings, the oil reservoir has a base with a first opening communicating with the ramp rings, and a guide device which extends into a conveying region of the offset drive and through which lubricating oil conveyed by the offset drive moves into the reservoir.