Patent ID: 8671801

Claim:
A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle that transmits an engine output and a motor output to a drive wheel, the power transmission apparatus comprising: a shift mechanism having a transmission input shaft coupled to an engine output shaft and a transmission output shaft to which a rotation of said transmission input shaft is transmitted after being shifted via a power transmission element; a first one-way clutch disposed between one end portion of a motor output shaft of an electric motor and said transmission input shaft in order to transmit torque in a single direction between said motor output shaft and said transmission input shaft; and a second one-way clutch disposed between an output transmission shaft coupled to said drive wheel and the other end portion of said motor output shaft in order to transmit torque in a single direction between said motor output shaft and said output transmission shaft, wherein a plurality of torque transmission paths are formed between said electric motor and said drive wheel by said two one-way clutches.