Patent ID: 9528601
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: F16H

Claim Text:
1. A transmission for a vehicle, the transmission including: an input member; an output member; a plurality of planetary gear sets each having a first, second, and third members, and wherein the input member is connected to one of the members of one of the planetary gear sets and the output member is connected to another one of the members of one of the planetary gear sets; a plurality of interconnecting members each connecting for common rotation one of the first, second, or third members of one of the planetary gear sets with another of the first, second, or third members of another planetary gear set; a plurality of torque transmitting mechanisms each selectively connecting one of the first, second, or third members of one of the planetary gear sets with another of the first, second, or third members of a planetary gear set or a stationary member, and wherein a first, a second, a fourth, and a sixth of the plurality of torque transmitting mechanisms are engageable to establish the reverse speed gear ratio and the first, the second, the fourth, and a fifth of the plurality of torque transmitting mechanisms are engageable to establish a first of the plurality of speed gear ratios; a plurality of speed sensor assemblies each having a speed sensor and a speed sensor ring, and wherein each of the speed sensor rings are disposed on one of the first, second, or third members of one of the planetary gear sets or one of the interconnecting members, and a transmission control module having a control logic sequence, wherein the control module operates to control engagement of each of the plurality of torque transmitting mechanisms, and wherein each of the speed sensors is capable of detecting a rotational speed and the rotational direction of the corresponding speed sensor ring and sending a speed signal to the transmission control module; and wherein the torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable in combinations of four to establish ten forward speed gear ratios and a reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member and the control logic sequence includes: