Patent ID: 8007396

Claim:
An automatic transmission for a vehicle comprising: an input shaft adapted to be driven by a source of power; an output shaft; a first planetary gearset including a first sun gear, a first composite gear defining both a first ring gear and a second sun gear, a common carrier, and a first planet pinion set rotatably supported on the common carrier and drivingly engaged with both the first sun gear and the first composite gear; a second planetary gearset including a second ring gear, a second planet pinion set rotatably supported on the common carrier and drivingly engaged with the first composite gear, and a second composite gear defining both a second ring gear and a third ring gear; and a third planetary gearset including a third sun gear, and a third planet pinion set rotatably supported on the common carrier and drivingly engaged with both the third sun gear and the second composite gear.