Patent ID: 7955213

Claim:
An automatic transmission comprising: an input shaft, an output shaft, a first multiple planetary gear set having first, second, third and fourth elements, and a second multiple planetary gear set having fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth elements, wherein the first element is a common sun gear which is coupled to the input shaft via a third clutch and meshes with first and second ring gears via a long pinion and a pinion supported rotatably by a common carrier and meshing with each other, the second element is a second ring gear coupled directly to the fifth element and meshing with the pinion, the third element is the common carrier which is fixed via a first brake, the fourth element is a first ring gear which is fixed via a third brake and meshes with the long pinion, the fifth element is fixed via a second brake, the sixth element is coupled to the input shaft via a second clutch and is fixed via a fourth brake, the seventh element is coupled directly to the output shaft, the eighth element is coupled to the input shaft via a first clutch, and the first to third clutches, the first multiple planetary gear set, and the second multiple planetary gear set are arranged in an order of the first to third clutches, the first multiple planetary gear set, the second multiple planetary gear set in an axial direction, and the first brake is arranged on a side of the first to third clutches.