Dumb question about autos

OK - I'm not the most technical/car person in the world, but I kinda get how things work, and I know I could probably look this up, but I've been wondering:

Automatic gearboxes use torque converters to drive a car forwards, and don't have a clutch installed. I guess this is why your have automatic-forwards-creep when you take your foot off the brake pedal.

So what exactly goes on when you have the car in neutral or park? Yeah - I get the bit where 'Park' locks the wheels, but do P and N have a clutchy thing somewhere in the line that disconnects the engine from the wheels? I assume that revving the car in P or N won't cook the transmission oil, like holding the foot brake and accellerator when in drive?

There are something like five clutches in the non-turbo A340(e) box and seven in the turbo version. The clutches are used on gear changes and I suppose probably on engage/disengage of the engine too.

I would have thought your assumptions to be correct though.

As far as I know, even though an automatic has no clutch the gearbox works on the same principal as a manual, so will still offer a neutral gear... this site's very good;

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/automatic-transmission.htm

I didn't think of looking at howstuffworks ...

Think I'm starting to get it, after look at the status of the flywheel, and hoofer-doofer-with-blades next to it in the animated diagrams.

If you can rev the car on level ground in N and you do get the creep forward ye box is fubar!

m.