<p>The ball screw drive includes a spindle nut (2) which is disposed on a spindle (1). A deflector (7) is arranged on the outer periphery of the spindle nut. The deflector has ball openings for deflecting balls (5) from one end to another end of a load bearing channel (6). The deflector extends from one ball opening to the other approximately over one full winding about an axis of rotation of spindle nut.</p>