Patent ID: 8007392

Claim:
An automatic transmission which changes the speed of rotation of an input shaft among multiple speeds to transmit the rotation to an output shaft through a single planetary gear set and a compound planetary gear set, both provided in a transmission case, the single planetary gear set comprising: a planet carrier coupled to the input shaft; a sun gear fixed to the transmission case; and a ring gear, the compound planetary gear set comprising: a first sun gear; a second sun gear; a second ring gear; a first pinion gear which is brought into meshed engagement with the first sun gear and the second ring gear; a second pinion which is brought into meshed engagement with the second sun pinion and the first pinion gear; and a carrier which supports the first pinion gear and the second pinion gear rotatably and revolvably, and the automatic transmission further comprising: a second brake which fixes the carrier to the transmission case in a releasable manner; a first clutch which couples the second sun gear to the input shaft in a releasable manner; a second clutch which couples the carrier to the ring gear of the planetary gear set in a releasable manner a third clutch which couples the first sun gear to the input shaft in a releasable manner; and a first brake which fixes the first sun gear to the transmission case in a releasable manner, wherein the second clutch is arranged between the single planetary gear set and the compound planetary gear set, and wherein the first clutch and the third clutch are arranged at the side of the compound planetary gear set opposite to the single planetary gear set in an axial direction of the input shaft.