Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Futomi Hanji

Kazuhisa Ozaki

Kazutoshi Nozaki

Nobutada Sugiura

Yoshinobu Nozaki

Youichi Hayakawa

Hiroyuki Tsukamoto

Keizo Kobayashi

Yuuji Kashihara

Second and third clutches are axially aligned so that the back side of the second clutch and the front side of the third clutch oppose each other, and a first clutch is positioned radially inward of the second and third clutches. Further, a clutch drum is extended so as to be used in common by the second and third clutches, the second clutch is engaged and disengaged from the axial front side by a second piston of a second oil pressure actuator, and the third clutch is engaged and disengaged from the axial rear side by a third piston of a third oil pressure actuator. The first through third clutches are positioned in a compact manner and can be independently operated.

Automatic transmission

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Anjo, Japan

Futomi Hanji