Patent ID: 7625306

Claim:
A transmission having a stepless shift mechanism and a stepped shift mechanism arranged in parallel between an input and an output, comprising: a primary shaft rotatably supported; a drive pulley mounted on said primary shaft; a secondary shaft rotatably supported; a driven pulley mounted on said secondary shaft; a belt wrapped between said drive pulley and said driven pulley; a first output shaft rotatably supported; a second output shaft rotatably supported; a low/reverse drive gear provided on said primary shaft; a low driven gear provided on said second output shaft and meshing with said low/reverse drive gear; and a reverse driven gear provided on said first output shaft and meshing with said low driven gear; wherein in forward running at a low-speed position, the power input to said primary shaft is output through said low/reverse drive gear, said low driven gear, and said second output shaft; and in reverse running, the power input to said primary shaft is output through said low/reverse drive gear, said low driven gear, said reverse driven gear, and said first output shaft; an overdrive drive gear provided on said primary shaft; an overdrive driven gear provided on said second output shaft and meshing with said overdrive drive gear; a secondary drive gear provided on said secondary shaft; and a secondary driven gear provided on said first output shaft and meshing with said secondary drive gear.