To provide a power transmission device that can increase the range of speed variation
between an engine and a power output shaft and effectively achieve reduction in
size and cost of the device arrangement. The speed reduction ratios from an engine
1 to first output shaft 4c, 5c of first and
second power distributors 4, 5 are different from each other. A speed change
unit 10 is provided between the first output shaft 4c of the
first power distributor 4 and a power output shaft 11 linked with
driving wheels 2, 2 of the vehicle, and rotation transmission therebetween
is achieved at a plurality of stages of speed reduction ratio. The rotation transmission
from the first output shaft 5c of the second power distributor 5
to the power output shaft 11 is achieved via gears 20, 15b or
rotation transmission mechanisms 15, 14 of a speed change unit 10
at a plurality of stages of speed reduction ratio. The vehicle runs at a variable
speed using the power from the engine 1 while motors 6 and 7
apply a driving torque or regenerative torque to a second output shaft 4s
of the first power distributor 4 and a second output shaft 5s
of the second power distributor 5, respectively.