Patent ID: 8545364

Claim:
A gear set arrangement of a planetary transmission for a motor vehicle, the gear set arrangement comprising: at least first and second simple planetary gear sets ( 1 , 11 ), each of the first and the second planetary gear sets ( 1 , 11 ) comprising a sun gear ( 2 , 12 ), a ring gear ( 3 , 13 ) and a carrier ( 5 , 15 ) that supports a plurality of planetary gears ( 4 , 14 ), the first and the second planetary gear sets ( 1 , 11 ) being disposed in a coaxial nested arrangement with the first planetary gear set ( 1 ) being arranged radially within the sun gear ( 12 ) of the second planetary gear set ( 11 ) in either a common radial plane, or in radial planes ( 7 , 17 ) which are slightly offset axially from each other, the ring gear ( 3 ) of the radially inner first planetary gear set ( 1 ) and the sun gear ( 12 ) of the radially outer second planetary gear set ( 11 ), and the carriers ( 5 , 15 ) of the first and the second planetary gear sets ( 1 , 11 ) being each coupled together in a rotationally fixed manner, and only one of the sun gear ( 2 , 12 ), the ring gear ( 3 , 13 ) and the carrier ( 5 , 15 ) of each of the first and the second planetary gear sets ( 1 , 11 ) being either radially supported essentially free of radial play, on a disposed central transmission shaft ( 20 ), or being radially supported with respect to a centered supported component.