Patent ID: 7713160

Claim:
A multi-stage automatic transmission comprising: an input drive shaft (AN), and an output drive shaft (AB); only first, second, third, fourth and fifth shifting elements (A to E) with selective engagement of desired ones of the first, the second, the third, the fourth and the fifth shifting elements (A to E) achieves at least six forward gears and at least one reverse gear; at least first, second and third planetary gear sets (RS 1 , RS 2 , RS 3 ) being aligned coaxially with respect to one another with the second planetary gear set (RS 2 ) positioned between the first and the third planetary gear sets (RS 1 , RS 3 ); a sun gear (SO 3 ) of the third planetary gear set (RS 3 ) being connectable, by the first shifting element (A), to a transmission housing (GG) of the multi-stage automatic transmission, a sun gear (SO 2 ) of the second planetary gear set (RS 2 ) being connected with the input drive shaft (AN), the input drive shaft (AN) being connectable, by the second shifting element (B), with a sun gear (SO 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ) and the input drive shaft (AN) also being connectable, by the fifth shifting element (E), with a spider (ST 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ); the sun gear (SO 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ) being connectable, by the third shifting element (C), to the transmission housing (GG) and the spider (ST 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ) being connectable, via the fourth shifting element (D), to the transmission housing (GG); and the output drive shaft (AB) being connected with the spider (ST 2 , ST 3 ), of one of the second and the third planetary gear sets (RS 2 , RS 3 ), and also with an internal gear (HO 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ); and only one shaft extending axially through at least one of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ) and the second planetary gear set (RS 2 ).