Patent attributes
An automatic transmission includes a housing, a plurality of rotatable shafts, a plurality of planetary gear sets and a plurality of shift elements. A second element of a fourth planetary gear set forms a drive shaft, and a second element of a third planetary gear set forms an output shaft. A first element of the fourth planetary gear set forms a third shaft, and a fifth shaft is constantly connected to at least two shift elements of the plurality of shift elements. A third element of the third planetary gear set forms a sixth shaft, and a seventh shaft constantly connects a first element of a second planetary gear set to a third element of the fourth planetary gear set. A second element of the second planetary gear set forms an eighth shaft.
