Patent ID: 6595892
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A transmission comprising:an input shaft; an output shaft; a planetary gear arrangement comprising, first, second, and third planetary gear sets, five rotating torque transmitting mechanisms, including first, second, third, fourth, and fifth torque-transmitting mechanisms, and first and second continuous interconnections; each of said planetary gear sets having first second and third members; said first continuous interconnection interconnecting said first members of said first and second planetary gear sets, said second continuous interconnection interconnecting said second members of said first and second planetary gear sets, said third member of said first planetary gear set being continuously interconnected with a stationary grounding member of the transmission, said third member of said second planetary gear set being non-continuously interconnected; said first member of said third planetary gear set being continuously connected with said input shaft, said second member of said third planetary gear set being continuously connected with said output shaft, and said third member of said third planetary gear set being non-continuously interconnected; and said five rotating torque-transmitting mechanisms being selectively engageable to establish combinations of members joined for common rotation including either: said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selective interconnecting said second continuous interconnecting member with said third member of said third planetary gear set, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said third member of said second planetary gear set, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said third member of said second planetary gear set, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said output shaft, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said input shaft, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said third member of said third planetary gear set, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said output shaft, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said third member of said second planetary gear set, said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said output shaft, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said first continuous interconnecting member with said output shaft, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said third member of said third planetary gear set, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said input shaft, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said third member of said third planetary gear set, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said first continuous interconnecting member with said output shaft, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said third member of said third planetary gear set, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said third member of said third planetary gear set, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said third member of said second planetary gear set, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said output shaft, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said output shaft, said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said third member of said third planetary gear set, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said second continuous interconnecting member, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said first continuous interconnecting member, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said input shaft, or said first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said input shaft with said first continuous interconnecting member, said second torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said output shaft with said third member of said second planetary gear set, said third torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said third planetary gear set with said second continuous interconnecting member, said fourth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said second continuous interconnecting member with said input shaft, and said fifth torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said third member of said second planetary gear set with said third member of said third planetary gear set.