Patent ID: 9435404
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: F16H

Claim Text:
1. A transmission comprising: an input shaft; an output shaft; a first intermediate shaft; a first shiftable gearing arrangement configured to selectively establish at least five speed ratios between the first intermediate shaft and the input shaft, the speed ratios including a reverse ratio, a zero ratio, two underdrive ratios, and a direct drive ratio; a second shiftable gearing arrangement configured to selectively constrain the output shaft to rotate at a speed between zero and a speed of the first intermediate shaft, the second shiftable gearing arrangement comprising a first simple planetary gear set having a first sun gear fixedly held against rotation, a first planet carrier coupled to the output shaft, a first ring gear coupled to the first intermediate shaft, and a first plurality of planet gears supported for rotation relative to the first planet carrier and in continuous meshing engagement with both the first sun gear and the first ring gear; and a first fixed gearing arrangement configured to fixedly constrain the input shaft to rotate at a speed between speeds of an eighth element and a sixth element, wherein the eighth element is coupled to the first intermediate shaft and the sixth element is coupled to the output shaft.