Patent ID: 9651118
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A transmission for a motor vehicle comprising: an input member; an output member; a first planetary gear set having first, second, third, and fourth members; a second planetary gear set having first, second, and third members; a third planetary gear set having first, second, and third members; a first interconnecting member directly connected to the second member of the first planetary gear set and to the second member of the second planetary gear set; a second interconnecting member directly connected to the first member of the second planetary gear set and the second member of the third planetary gear set; and six torque transmitting mechanisms each selectively engageable to connect one of the first, second, third, and fourth members with another of the first, second, and third members and a stationary member, wherein the first member of the first planetary gear set is a sun gear member, the second member of the first planetary gear set is a ring gear member, the third member of the first planetary gear set is a carrier member, the fourth member of the first planetary gear set is a ring and sun gear member, the first members of the second and third planetary gear sets are ring gear members, the second members of the second and third planetary gear sets are carrier members, and the third members of the second and third planetary gear sets are sun gear members, wherein the input member is connected for common rotation to the second member of the first planetary gear set and the second member of the second planetary gear set, and wherein the six torque transmitting mechanisms are engaged in combinations of at least three to provide at least ten forward gear ratios and at least one reverse gear ratio between the input member and the output member.