Patent ID: 8715130

Claim:
A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; a first planetary gear set having a first, a second and a third member; a second planetary gear set having a first, a second and a third member; a planetary gear set assembly having a first member, a second member, a third member, fourth member, and a first and a second set of pinion gears rotatably supported by one of the first, second, third, and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly and wherein the first and second set of pinion gears each intermesh with another one of the first, second, third, and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly; a first interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the third member of the first planetary gear set with the first member of the second planetary gear set; a second interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the first member of the first planetary gear set with the fourth member of the planetary gear set assembly; and at least six torque transmitting mechanisms selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first, second, third and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly and at least one of the first, second and third members of the first and second planetary gear sets with at least one other of first, second, third and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly, the first, second and third members of the first and second planetary gear sets and a stationary member, and wherein the at least six torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable to establish a plurality of forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.