Patent ID: 8870696

Claim:
A transmission comprising: a housing; a plurality of planetary gear sets disposed in the housing and each including a first member, a second member, and a third member; a structural member secured to the housing, wherein the structural member includes a plurality of splines and defines a cavity; a sprocket member rotationally supported by the structural member; a first dog clutch member disposed in the cavity of the structural member, the first dog clutch including a plurality of splines and a plurality of dogteeth, wherein the plurality of splines are engaged with the plurality of splines of the structural member; a second dog clutch member disposed substantially radially inward of the second dog clutch member and having an axis of rotation, the second dog clutch member including a plurality of dogteeth that are aligned with the dogteeth of the first dog clutch member at a common radial distance from the axis of rotation of the second dog clutch member, and wherein the second dog clutch member is rotationally coupled with at least one of the first, second, third members of at least one of the plurality of planetary gear sets; and a biasing member disposed between the structural member and the first dog clutch member to bias the first dog clutch member out of engagement with the second dog clutch member.