Patent ID: 9494217
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F16H

Claim Text:
1. A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; a planetary gear set assembly having a first member, a second member, a third member and a fourth member; a first planetary gear set having a first, a second and a third member; a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the third member of the planetary gear set assembly with the second member of the first planetary gear set; a second planetary gear set having a first, a second and a third member; a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the first planetary gear set with the first member of the second planetary gear set; and six torque transmitting mechanisms selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the members of the planetary gear set assembly, one of the members of the first and second planetary gear sets with at least one other of the members of the planetary gear set assembly, one other of the members of the first and second planetary gear sets, the input member, the output member and a stationary member, and wherein the torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish a plurality of forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member; wherein the first members of the first and second planetary gear sets are sun gears, the fourth member of the planetary gear set assembly is a sun gear, the second members of the first and second planetary gear sets are carrier members, the second member of the planetary gear set assembly is a carrier member, the third member of the planetary gear set assembly is a ring gear, the third members of the first and second planetary gear sets are ring gears and the first member of the planetary gear set assembly is a common gear.