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Claim 1

IN A TRANSMISSION, THE COMBINATION OF A POWER SOURCE, A HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE TRANSMITTING DEVICE DRIVE CONNECTED TO THE POWER SOURCE, A PLANET CARRIER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND INTERMESHING PLANET PINIONS REVOLVABLY SUPPORTED THEREON, AN OUTPUT RING GEAR MESHING WITH THE SECOND PLANET PINION AND CONNECTED TO A LOAD, A REACTION SUN GEAR ALSO MESHING WITH THE SECOND PLANET PINION, AN INPUT SUN GEAR MESHING WITH THE FIRST PLANET PINION, CLUTCH MEANS OPERATIVE TO DRIVE CONNECT THE INPUT SUN GEAR TO THE HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE TRANSMITTING DEVICE, A ONE-WAY BRAKE PREVENTING ROTATION OF THE PLANET CARRIER IN ONE DIRECTION SO THAT WITH THE CLUTCH MEANS OPERATIVE A FORWARD LOW SPEED DRIVE RATIO IS PROVIDED, A FORWARD DRIVE BRAKE OPERATIVE FOR HOLDING THE REACTION SUN GEAR SO THAT WITH THE CLUTCH MEANS STILL OPERATIVE A FORWARD INTERMEDIATE SPEED DRIVE RATIO IS PROVIDED, A CLUTCH OPERATIVE FOR DIRECTLY CONNECTING THE PLANET CARRIER TO THE POWER SOURCE SO THAT WITH THE CLUTCH MEANS ALSO OPERATIVE A DIRECT DRIVE RATIO IS PROVIDED WITH PART OF THE DRIVE PROCEEDING THROUGH THE HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND THE OTHER PART OF THE DRIVE PROCEEDING DIRECTLY FROM THE POWER SOURCE AND WITH BOTH THE FORWARD DRIVE BRAKE AND THE CLUTCH OPERATIVE AN OVERDRIVE RATIO IS PROVIDED WITH ALL OF THE DRIVE BYPASSING THE HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND PROCEEDING DIRECTLY FROM THE POWER SOURCE TO THE PLANET CARRIER.