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IN A POWER SHUNT TRANSMISSION HAVING A DRIVE SHAFT AND A DRIVEN SHAFT, A FIRST POWER SPLITTING PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM DRIVEN BY SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AND HAVING TWO SEPARATE DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUTS CONNECTED TO THE SAID DRIVE SHAFT BY RATIO GEAR TRAINS, A TORQUE CONVERTER HAVING A PUMP DRIVE CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUTS AND A TURBINE DRIVEN BY THE ENERGY TRANSMITTED FROM SAID PUMP, RIGID SHAFT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUTS, A SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM HAVING A FIRST INPUT PERMANENTLY RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID TURBINE FOR COMPLETING A DIRECT DRIVE THEREBETWEEN AND HAVING A SECOND INPUT CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT MEANS FOR COMPLETING A DIRECT DRIVE THEREBETWEEN, SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM FURTHER HAVING A FIRST OUTPUT CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND INPUTS BY RATION GEAR TRAINS AND A SECOND OUTPUT DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND INPUT AND SAID SHAFT MEANS, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY COUPLING SAID SECOND INPUT OF SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM AGAINST ROTATION AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY COUPLING SAID FIRST OUTPUT AND SAID SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM TO SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, SAID MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY COUPLING SAID FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUTS OF SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM WITH SAID DRIVEN SHAFT COMPRISING A FIRST CLUTCH OPERABLE TO COUPLE SAID SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM WITH SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, A SECOND CLUTCH OPERABLE TO COUPLE SAID FIRST OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM WITH SAID DRIVERN SHAFT, A FIRST BRAKE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM AND A SECOND BRAKE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND BRAKE ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM TO RETARD TRANSMISSION OF POWER THEREFROM.