Patent ID: 6843147

Claim:
An automatic transmission, comprising: change gears including a plurality of gear trains between input and output shafts; a clutch to transmit driving force between said input and output shafts, said gear trains being shifted while said clutch is transmitting the driving force of said input shaft to said output shaft; said change gears including a direct path to directly transmit torque of said input shaft to said output shaft, and intermediate driving force path to transmit torque through an intermediate shaft from said input shaft to said output shaft; said direct path including at least one output gear on said output shaft and being engageable and disengageable by a shift sleeve, said output gear fixed to a middle-speed input gear that is rotatable therewith; said intermediate driving force path including a first intermediate gear driven by said middle-speed input gear and secured to said intermediate shaft to input the torque, wherein said clutch, and a second intermediate gear rotatably supported through said clutch output the torque; and said output shaft including a middle speed output gear to mesh with said second intermediate gear so as to form a middle-speed change gear.