Patent ID: 8485854

Claim:
A ship drive ( 1 ) comprising an upper drive unit ( 7 a ) being arranged in a ship hull ( 39 ) and a lower drive unit ( 7 b ) being arranged outside the ship hull; at least the lower drive unit ( 7 b ) being pivotably mounted relative to the ship hull ( 39 ); an input shaft ( 12 ) of the upper drive unit ( 7 a ) being drivable by a drive motor; at least one propeller ( 18 , 19 ) being drivable by an output shaft ( 37 ) arranged in the lower drive unit ( 7 b ); a vertically arranged driveshaft ( 21 ) being in driving connection, via an upper bevel gear ( 4 ), with the input shaft ( 12 ) of the upper drive unit ( 7 a ) and, via a lower bevel gear ( 36 ), with the output shaft ( 37 ) of the lower drive unit ( 7 b ); the upper and the lower drive units ( 7 a , 7 b ) comprising interconnected lubrication oil ducts for directing lubrication oil to and from the upper drive unit ( 7 a ), and at least one lubrication oil duct ( 29 a , 29 b ) of the upper drive unit ( 7 a ) being connected, by a flexible line ( 28 a , 28 b ), to a lubrication oil container ( 13 a , 13 b ) arranged in an area of the upper drive unit ( 7 a ); and the at least one lubrication oil duct ( 29 a , 29 b ) of the upper drive unit ( 7 a ) being substantially vertically oriented and being spaced from the driveshaft ( 21 ).