Patent ID: 7428853

Claim:
A vehicle transmission apparatus comprising: an engine generating a driving force; a transmission having, therein, at least one input shaft being connectable to the engine and an output shaft connected to a drive wheel, the transmission being capable of establishing, therein, one of plural shift stages in response to a vehicle driving condition; at least one clutch mechanism for establishing and interrupting transmission of a driving force of the engine to the transmission; the at least one clutch mechanism being capable of being connected to the at least one input shaft; and a braking clutch arranged between the clutch mechanism and the transmission and including, therein, at least one first frictional clutch disc and at least one second frictional clutch disc, the at least one first frictional clutch disc is supported by a stationary portion and the at least one second frictional clutch disc is connected to the engine so as to rotate together with the engine, wherein a frictional engagement force is generated, at the braking clutch, as a braking force to be applied to the engine.