Patent ID: 7025703

Claim:
A multi-stage automatic transmission, with an input drive shaft (AN), and an output drive shaft (AB), at least three single planetary gear sets (RS 1 , RS 2 , RS 3 ), as well as at least three shifting elements (A to E), wherein said three planetary gear sets (RS 1 , RS 2 , RS 3 ) are aligned coaxially and immediately adjacent to one another, a second planetary gear set (RS 2 ), as seen spatially, is placed between a first and a third planetary gear sets (RS 1 , RS 3 ), one sun gear (SO 3 ) of the third planetary gear set (RS 3 ) is secured to a first shifting element (A) and a transmission housing (GG) of the multi-stage automatic transmission, the input drive shaft (AN) is connected with a sun gear (SO 2 ) of the second planetary gear set (RS 2 ), the input drive shaft (AN) is connected by means of one of a second shifting element (B) with a sun gear (SO 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ) and by means of a 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 ) is connectable with one of the input drive shaft (AN), by a second shifting element (B), and the transmission housing (GG), by a third shifting element (C), a spider (ST 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 )is connectable with one of the input shaft (AN), by a fifth shifting element (E), and the transmission housing (GG) by a fourth shifting element (D), the output drive shaft (AB) is connected with an internal gear (HO 1 ) of the first planetary gear set (RS 1 ) and with one of the spiders (ST 2 , ST 3 ) of the second or the third planetary gear set (RS 2 , RS 3 ); and wherein the third and the fourth shifting element (C, D), seen spatially, are substantially axially aligned and placed radially above one another and in that the fifth (E) and the second (B) shifting element, seen spatially, are substantially axially aligned and placed radially above one another.