Patent ID: 8784257

Claim:
A continuously variable transmission having an input shaft and an output shaft, comprising a variator unit having an input shaft and an output shaft, and a planetary gear wheel unit having a planet carrier, a first sun wheel and a second sun wheel, the input shaft of the transmission being rotationally connectable to the planet carrier and to the input shaft of the variator unit, a shaft rotationally fixed to the first sun wheel being rotationally connectable to the output shaft of the variator unit, wherein the planet carrier is provided with a first inner set of planet wheels for meshing engagement with the first sun wheel and a second outer set of planet wheels for meshing engagement with the second sun wheel, the first and second sets of planet wheels being in meshing engagement with each other, and a shaft rotationally fixed to the second sun wheel is rotationally connectable to the output shaft of the transmission via a first output member for obtaining a powersplit mode in which power is transmitted via the second sun wheel.