Ball type cvt with powersplit paths

A variable transmission comprising:

• an input shaft;
• a variator comprising a first ring assembly and a second ring assembly;
• a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set and a third planetary gear set;
• a Ravigneaux gear set;
• a first clutch and a second clutch;
• and
• a first brake, a second brake, and a third brake;
• wherein the input shaft is drivingly engaged with a first sun gear of the first planetary gear set having the second brake coupled to a first ring gear of this first planetary gear set,
• the input shaft is drivingly engaged with a second carrier of the second planetary gear set,
• a second sun gear of the second planetary gear set is coupled to the first ring assembly of the variator,
• the second ring assembly of the variator is drivingly engaged with a third sun gear of the third planetary gear set through the second clutch,
• the third sun gear and a third carrier of the third planetary are coupled by a second clutch,
• the third brake is coupled to a third ring gear of the third planetary,
• the third carrier of the third planetary gear set is drivingly engaged with a second ring gear of the second planetary gear set,
• the second ring gear of the second planetary gear set is drivingly engaged with a fourth sun gear of the Ravigneaux gear set which is coupled to the first brake by a fifth sun of the Ravigneaux gear set,
• the first clutch engages the fourth sun of the Ravigneaux gear set to a fourth carrier of the Ravigneaux gear set,
• a fourth ring of the Ravigneaux gear set is coupled to an output of the variable transmission, and
• the fourth carrier of the Ravigneaux gear set is coupled to a first carrier of the first planetary gear set.