Patent ID: 8763486
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B62K,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A stepwise automatic transmission for a straddle vehicle comprising: an input shaft extending in a vehicle width direction; an intermediate shaft disposed rearward of the input shaft; and an output shaft; wherein the stepwise automatic transmission includes: a front end of the second clutch is located forward of a rear end of the first clutch as viewed from an axial direction of the input shaft; the first clutch and the second clutch overlap each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that a vertical plane extending in the vehicle width direction intersects each of the first clutch and the second clutch; and the first clutch and the second clutch overlap each other in the vehicle width direction such that a vertical plane extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction intersects a largest diameter portion of each of the first clutch and the second clutch.