Author: claimsbot

1. A valve for a suspension damping system, the valve comprising:
a valve body separating a first fluid chamber from a second fluid chamber, the valve body having at least one fluid port therethrough between the first and second fluid chambers; and
a shim valve assembly coupled to the valve body and configured to control fluid flow across the valve body, the shim valve assembly including:
a first shim having at least one fluid port; and
a second shim configured to seal the first shim fluid port,
the first and second shims configured to flex in a first direction under fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, providing a first resistance to fluid flow, the second shim sealing fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction,
the second shim configured to flex in a second direction under fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, providing a second resistance to fluid flow, the second shim permitting fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
2. The valve of claim 1, wherein the first resistance is greater than the second resistance.
3. The valve of claim 2, wherein the first shim adjoins the second shim.
4. The valve of claim 3, wherein the second shim includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
5. The valve of claim 4, wherein the first shim is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
6. The valve of claim 4, further comprising a fluid passageway thereacross to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
7. The valve of claim 4, wherein the first shim is configured to seal the valve body at a periphery of the first shim to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim periphery when the first shim is unflexed.
8. The valve of claim 1, wherein the valve body is slidably mounted within a tube of the suspension damping system.
9. The valve of claim 8, wherein the first resistance is greater than the second resistance.
10. The valve of claim 9, wherein the first shim adjoins the second shim.
11. The valve of claim 10, wherein the second shim includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
12. The valve of claim 11, wherein the first shim is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
13. The valve of claim 11, further comprising a fluid passageway thereacross to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
14. The valve of claim 11 wherein the first shim is configured to seal the valve body at a periphery of the first shim to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim periphery when the first shim is unflexed.
15. The valve of claim 1, wherein the first shim adjoins the second shim.
16. The valve of claim 1, wherein the second shim includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
17. The valve of claim 1, wherein the first shim is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
18. The valve of claim 1, further comprising a fluid passageway thereacross to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
19. The valve of claim 1, wherein the first shim is configured to seal the valve body at a periphery of the first shim to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim periphery when the first shim is unflexed.
20. A suspension damping system comprising:
a valve body separating a first fluid chamber from a second fluid chamber, the valve body having at least one fluid port therethrough between the first and second fluid chambers;
a shim valve assembly coupled to the valve body and configured to control fluid flow across the valve body, the shim valve assembly including:
a first shim having at least one fluid port; and
a second shim configured to sealing the first shim fluid port,
the first and second shims configured to flex in a first direction under fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, providing a first resistance to fluid flow, the second shim sealing fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction,
the second shim configured to flex in a second direction under fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, providing a second resistance to fluid flow, the second shim permitting fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction; and

a fluid-displacing assembly reciprocally displaceable relative to the valve body.
21. The damping suspension system of claim 20, wherein the first resistance is greater than the second resistance.
22. The damping suspension system of claim 21, wherein the first shim adjoins the second shim.
23. The damping suspension system of claim 22, wherein the second shim includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
24. The damping suspension system of claim 23, wherein the first shim is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
25. The damping suspension system of claim 23, further comprising a fluid passageway across the valve body and shim valve assembly to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
26. The damping suspension system of claim 23, wherein the first shim is configured to seal the valve body at a periphery of the first shim to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim periphery when the first shim is unflexed.
27. The damping suspension system of claim 20, wherein the first shim adjoins the second shim.
28. The damping suspension system of claim 20, wherein the second shim includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
29. The damping suspension system of claim 20, wherein the first shim is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
30. The damping suspension system of claim 20, further comprising a fluid passageway across the valve body and shim valve assembly to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
31. The damping suspension system of claim 20, wherein the first shim is configured to seal the valve body at a periphery of the first shim to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim periphery when the first shim is unflexed.
32. A valve for a suspension damping system, the valve comprising:
valve body means separating a first fluid chamber from a second fluid chamber, the valve body means having at least one fluid port therethrough between the first and second fluid chambers; and
shim valve assembly means coupled to the valve body means and configured to control fluid flow across the valve body means, the shim valve assembly means including:
first shim means having at least one fluid port; and
second shim means configured to seal the first shim fluid port,
the first and second shim means configured to flex in a first direction under fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, providing a first resistance to fluid flow, the second shim means sealing fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction,
the second shim means configured to flex in a second direction under fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, providing a second resistance to fluid flow, the second shim means permitting fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
33. The valve of claim 32, wherein the first resistance is greater than the second resistance.
34. The valve of claim 33, wherein the first shim means adjoins the second shim means.
35. The valve of claim 34, wherein the second shim means includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid pod during flow in the second direction.
36. The valve of claim 35, wherein the first shim means is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
37. The valve of claim 35, further comprising a fluid passageway thereacross to permit fluid flow in the first and second directions.
38. The valve of claim 35, wherein the first shim means is configured to seal the valve body means at a periphery of the first shim means to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim means periphery when the first shim means is unflexed.
39. The valve of claim 32, wherein the valve body means is slidably mounted within a tube of the suspension damping system.
40. The valve of claim 39, wherein the first resistance is greater than the second resistance.
41. The valve of claim 40, wherein the first shim means adjoins the second shim means.
42. The valve of claim 41, wherein the second shim means includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
43. The valve of claim 42, wherein the first shim means is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
44. The valve of claim 42, further comprising a fluid passageway thereacross to permit fluid flow in the first and second directions.
45. The valve of claim 42, wherein the first shim means is configured to seal the valve body means at a periphery of the first shim means to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim means periphery when the first shim means is unflexed.
46. The valve of claim 32, wherein the first shim adjoins the second shim.
47. The valve of claim 32, wherein the second shim includes at least one tab, the tab configured to seal the first shim fluid port during flow in the first direction and to permit fluid flow through the first shim fluid port during flow in the second direction.
48. The valve of claim 32, wherein the first shim means is preloaded to be inflexible in the first direction below a cutoff fluid pressure to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers, and flexible in the first direction above the cutoff fluid pressure to permit fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers.
49. The valve of claim 32, further comprising a fluid passageway thereacross to permit fluid flow in the first and second directions.
50. The valve of claim 32, wherein the first shim means is configured to seal the valve body means at a periphery of the first shim means to seal fluid flow between the first and second fluid chambers across the first shim means periphery when the first shim means is unflexed.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna for simultaneous UHF and VHF broadcast, said antenna comprising:
a coaxial antenna having an inner conductor and an outer conductor;
a plurality of dipole antennas mounted to the outer conductor of said coaxial antenna; and
a feed line for feeding said dipole antennas separate from said coaxial antenna feed.
2. The antenna of claim 1 wherein said plurality of dipole antennas are equally spaced concentrically around the outer conductor.
3. The antenna of claim 2 wherein said plurality of dipole antennas is three antennas.
4. The antenna of claim 3 wherein said antenna further comprises four additional groups of three dipole antennas arranged concentrically around and mounted to said outer conductor.
5. The antenna of claim 4 wherein said coaxial antenna transmits a UHF signal and said dipole antennas transmit a VHF signal.
6. The antenna of claim 5 wherein said five groups of three dipole antennas are equally spaced axially along said coaxial outer conductor.
7. The antenna of claim 4 wherein said inner conductor comprises a first transmission line inner and a first transmission line outer.
8. The antenna of claim 7 wherein said inner conductor is center fed to reduce phase taper.
9. The antenna of claim 8 wherein said center feed is substantially intermediate a top short and bottom short.
10. An antenna for simultaneous UHF and VHF broadcast, said antenna comprising:
UHF antenna means for transmitting a UHF signal;
VHF antenna means mounted to said UHF antenna means for transmitting a VHF signal; and
feed means for feeding said VHF antenna means separate from said UHF antenna feed.
11. The antenna of claim 10 wherein said VHF antenna means includes a plurality of VHF antennas.
12. The antenna of claim 11 wherein said feed means includes a branch feed means to feed said plurality of VHF antennas to improve vertical pattern stability.
13. The antenna of claim 12 wherein said UHF antenna means includes an inner conductor means for feeding said UHF antenna.
14. The antenna of claim 13 wherein said inner conductor means includes a transmission line inner means and a transmission line outer means for reducing phase taper and beam sway.
15. A method of constructing a UHF and VHF broadcast antenna, comprising the steps of:
forming a coaxial antenna having an inner and outer conductor;
mounting a plurality of dipole antennas to said outer conductor of said coaxial antenna;
connecting a feed line to said plurality of dipole antennas.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein said mounting step includes the step of spacing a group of said plurality of said dipole antennas equidistant concentrically around said outer conductor.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein said mounting step further includes the step of spacing a plurality of groups of said plurality of said dipole antennas equidistant axially along said outer conductor.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein said step of forming a coaxial antenna includes the steps of constructing said inner conductor to have a transmission inner and transmission outer.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein said step of constructing said inner conductor further includes the step of providing a feed point at the approximate center point of between a top short and a bottom short of said coaxial antenna.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of connecting a feed line to said dipole antennas includes the step of branching said feed line and feeding a first set of said plurality of said dipole antennas off one branch and a second set of said plurality of said dipole antennas off a second branch.

1. A system-on-chip (SoC), comprising:
at least one master and a plurality of slaves;
an interconnect configured to connect the at least one master and each of the plurality of slaves;
a measurement block configured to connect each of the plurality of slaves and the interconnect using a plurality of channels and to measure a load of each of the plurality of slaves; and
a central controller configured to measure a load imbalance among the plurality of channels using the measured load information.
2. The SoC according to claim 1, wherein the central controller multiplies a weight by each of a bandwidth, a latency, and an outstanding count with regard to each of the plurality of slaves, adds the multiplied results, and measures a load with regard to each of the plurality of slaves.
3. The SoC according to claim 2, wherein the weight includes an importance with regard to each of the bandwidth, the latency, and the outstanding count.
4. The SoC according to claim 2, wherein the central controller calculates one of a minimum load value, a maximum load value, and a load variance with regard to a load of each of the plurality of slaves.
5. The SoC according to claim, 4 wherein the central controller determines a load imbalance among the plurality of channels based on one of the minimum load value, the maximum load value, and the load variance.
6. The SoC according to claim 4, wherein the at least one master includes an application processor, and
the application processor operates a dynamic voltage & frequency scaling (DVFS) based on one of the minimum load value, the maximum load value, and the load variance.
7. The SoC according to claim 1, wherein the load of each of the plurality of slaves is measured using a bandwidth, a latency, and an outstanding count with regard to each of the plurality of slaves.
8. The SoC according to claim 1, wherein the interconnect is redesigned based on the load imbalance information.
9. The SoC according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of slaves includes a memory instance.
10. The SoC according to claim 1, wherein the at least one master transfers a request to one of the plurality of slaves, and
a slave that receives the request transfers a response corresponding to the request to the at least one master.
11. A load imbalance detecting method of a system-on-chip (SoC) including at least one master, a plurality of slaves, and an interconnect that connects the at least one master and the plurality of slaves with each other, the method comprising:
measuring a load with regard to each of the plurality of slaves using a plurality of channels; and
measuring a load imbalance among the plurality of channels using the measured load information.
12. The load imbalance detecting method according to claim 11, wherein the measuring of the load with regard to each of the plurality of slaves using the plurality of channels further comprising:
multiplying a weight by each of a bandwidth, a latency, and an outstanding count with regard to each of the plurality of slaves;
adding the multiplied results with each other; and
measuring the load with regard to each of the plurality of slaves based on the added results.
13. The load imbalance detecting method according to claim 12, wherein the weight comprises an importance of each of the bandwidth, the latency, and the outstanding count.
14. The load imbalance detecting method according to claim 12, wherein the measuring of the load with regard to each of the plurality of slaves based on the added results comprises calculating a minimum load value, a maximum load value, and a load variance with regard to the load of each of the plurality of slaves.
15. The load imbalance detecting method according to claim 14, wherein the at least one master comprises an application processor, and
the method further comprises performing a dynamic voltage & frequency scaling (DVFS) method based on the minimum load value, the maximum load value, and the load variance with regard to the load of each of the plurality of slaves by the application processor.
16. A mobile device comprising:
a plurality of slaves;
a plurality of masters configured to generate requests with target addresses to access the plurality of slaves;
a plurality of channel efficiency enhancers configured to convert the target addresses received from the plurality of masters;
an interconnect configured to connect the at least one master and each of the plurality of slaves based on the converted target addresses;
a plurality of measurement components configured to measure loads of the plurality of slaves; and
a central controller configured to measure a load imbalance information among the plurality of channels using the measured load information.
17. The mobile device according to claim 16, wherein the central controller transmits the load imbalance information to at least one of the plurality of masters, the plurality of channel efficiency enhancers, and the interconnect.
18. The mobile device according to claim 17, wherein one of the plurality of channel efficiency enhancers updates an address conversion table to match the target addresses to the converted target addresses based on the load imbalance information.
19. The mobile device according to claim 16, wherein the load imbalance information comprises a latency value, a bandwidth value, and an outstanding count value.
20. The mobile device according to claim 19, wherein the load imbalance information further comprises weight values each of which corresponds to the latency value, the bandwidth value, and the outstanding count value.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-7. (canceled)
8. A multi-stage transmission of a planetary design comprising:
a drive shaft (1),
an output shaft (2),
first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3, P4) disposed within a housing (G),
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rotatable shafts (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8),
six shift elements (03, 04, 05, 14, 17, 18), comprising brakes (03, 04, 05) and clutches (14, 17, 18), whose selective engagement producing different transmission ratios between the drive shaft (1) and the output shaft (2) so that nine forward gears and one reverse gear are implementable,
wherein the sun gear of the first planetary gear set (P1) is connected to the fifth shaft (5), the fifth shaft (5) can be coupled, via a third brake (05), to the housing (G), the fifth shaft (5) can be detachably connected, via a first clutch (15), to the drive shaft (1),
the drive shaft (1) can be detachably connected, via a second clutch (17), to the seventh shaft (7), the seventh shaft which is connected to both the ring gear of the third planetary gear set (P3) and the carrier of the second planetary gear set (P2),
the drive shaft (1) can be detachably connected, via a third clutch (18), to the eighth shaft (8), the eighth shaft (8) is connected to both the carrier of the first planetary gear set (P1) and the sun gear of the second planetary gear set (P2),
the sixth shaft (6) is connected to both the ring gear of the second planetary gear set (P2) and the carrier of the fourth planetary gear set (P4),
the fourth shaft (4) is connected to both the ring gear of the first planetary gear set (P1) and the sun gear of the fourth planetary gear set (P4), and the fourth shaft (4) can be coupled, via a second brake (04), to the housing (G),
the third shaft (3) is connected to the sun gear of the third planetary gear set (P3) and can be coupled, via a first brake (03), to the housing (G), and
the output shaft (2) is connected to both the carrier of the third planetary gear set (P3) and the ring gear of the fourth planetary gear set (P4).
9. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein the first planetary gear set (P1) is designed as a plus planetary gear set, and the second, third and fourth planetary gear sets (P2, P3, P4) are designed as minus planetary gear sets.
10. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein, when viewed axially, the first, the second, the third and the fourth planetary gear sets (P1, P2, P3, P4) are disposed in the sequence of the first planetary gear set (P1), the second planetary gear set (P2), the third planetary gear set (P3), the fourth planetary gear set (P4).
11. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein the six shift elements (03, 04, 05, 15, 17, 18) of the transmission are designed as shift elements that can be actuated upon demand.
12. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein the first brake (03) is designed as a form-locking shift elements.
13. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the third clutch (18),
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes (03, 05) and the third clutch (18),
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake (03) and the first and the third clutches (15, 18),
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake (03) and the first and the second clutches (15, 17),
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches (15, 17, 18),
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake (05) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes (04, 05) and the second clutch (17),
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the first and the second clutches (15, 17), and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the first clutch (15).
14. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the third clutch (18),
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes (03, 05) and the third clutch (18),
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake (03) and the first and the third clutches (15, 18),
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brake (03, 04) and the second clutch (17),
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches (15, 17, 18),
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake (05) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes (04, 05) and the second clutch (17),
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the first and the second clutches (15, 17), and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the first clutch (15).
15. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the third clutch (18),
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes (03, 05) and the third clutch (18),
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake (03) and the first and the third clutches (15, 18),
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake (03) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches (15, 17, 18),
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake (05) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes (04, 05) and the second clutch (17),
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the first and the second clutches (15, 17), and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the first clutch (15).
16. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the third clutch (18),
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes (03, 05) and the third clutch (18),
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake (03) and the first and the third clutches (15, 18),
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes (03, 05) and the second clutch (17),
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches (15, 17, 18),
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake (05) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the second and the third clutches (17, 18),
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes (04, 05) and the second clutch (17),
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake (04) and the first and the second clutches (15, 17), and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes (03, 04) and the first clutch (15).
17. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 8, wherein the multi-stage transmission is an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle.
18. A multi-stage transmission of a planetary design comprising:
a drive shaft,
an output shaft,
first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets disposed within a housing,
third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rotatable shafts,
six shift elements, comprising brakes and clutches, whose selective engagement producing different transmission ratios between the drive shaft and the output shaft so that nine forward gears and one reverse gear are implementable,
wherein the sun gear of the first planetary gear set is connected to the fifth shaft, the fifth shaft can be coupled, via a third brake, to the housing, the fifth shaft can be detachably connected, via a first clutch, to the drive shaft,
the drive shaft can be detachably connected, via a second clutch, to the seventh shaft, the seventh shaft which is connected to both the ring gear of the third planetary gear set and the carrier of the second planetary gear set,
the drive shaft can be detachably connected, via a third clutch, to the eighth shaft, the eighth shaft is connected to both the carrier of the first planetary gear set and the sun gear of the second planetary gear set,
the sixth shaft is connected to both the ring gear of the second planetary gear set and the carrier of the fourth planetary gear set,
the fourth shaft is connected to both the ring gear of the first planetary gear set (P1) and the sun gear of the fourth planetary gear set, and the fourth shaft can be coupled, via a second brake, to the housing,
the third shaft is connected to the sun gear of the third planetary gear set and can be coupled, via a first brake, to the housing, and
the output shaft is directly connected to both the carrier of the third planetary gear set and the ring gear of the fourth planetary gear set.
19. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 18, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the third clutch,
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes and the third clutch,
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake and the first and the third clutches,
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake and the first and the second clutches,
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches,
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake and the second and the third clutches,
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the second and the third clutches,
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes and the second clutch,
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the first and the second clutches, and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the first clutch.
20. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 18, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the third clutch,
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes and the third clutch,
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake and the first and the third clutches,
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brake and the second clutch,
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches,
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake and the second and the third clutches,
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the second and the third clutches,
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes and the second clutch,
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the first and the second clutches, and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the first clutch.
21. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 18, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the third clutch,
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes and the third clutch,
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake and the first and the third clutches,
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake (03) and the second and the third clutches,
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches,
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake and the second and the third clutches,
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the second and the third clutches,
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes and the second clutch,
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the first and the second clutches, and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the first clutch.
22. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 18, wherein a first forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the third clutch,
a second forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes and the third clutch,
a third forward gear is attained by engaging the first brake and the first and the third clutches,
a fourth forward gear is attained by engaging the first and the third brakes and the second clutch,
a fifth forward gear is attained by engaging the first, the second and the third clutches,
a sixth forward gear is attained by engaging the third brake and the second and the third clutches,
a seventh forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the second and the third clutches,
an eighth forward gear is attained by engaging the second and the third brakes and the second clutch,
a ninth forward gear is attained by engaging the second brake and the first and the second clutches, and
the reverse gear is attained by engaging the first and the second brakes and the first clutch.
23. The multi-stage transmission according to claim 18, wherein the multi-stage transmission is an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle.