Patent ID: 7470205

Claim:
A vehicular drive apparatus, comprising: a case; a first brake having a first friction plate set and a second brake having a second friction plate set, wherein the first friction plate set and the second friction plate set are sequentially arranged on a single axis; and a first hydraulic servo arranged to correspond to the first brake and a second hydraulic servo arranged to correspond to the second brake, wherein: a piston member of the second hydraulic servo is substantially drum-shaped and extends in an axial direction, and has an open portion in a portion of a peripheral surface thereof; the case has a first spline and a second spline formed continuously on an inside surface of the case such that an inside diameter dimension on a second brake side is larger than an inside diameter dimension on a first brake side in order to engagingly support the first friction plate set and the second friction plate set that includes a backup plate of a larger diameter than a plate of the first friction plate set, the first friction plate set and the second friction plate set being inserted and arranged in order on one side in the axial direction; a pressure receiving surface that supports the backup plate of the second friction plate set that is pushed by the piston member is formed, instead of spline grooves of the first spline, in a position corresponding to at least one of two circumferential ends of the open portion during abutment of the piston member, on a boundary portion between the two splines; the first hydraulic servo and the second hydraulic servo are arranged along the axial direction so as to sandwich the first friction plate set and the second friction plate set; and the first spline engagingly supports the first friction plate set and the second spline engagingly supports the second friction plate set.