Patent ID: 8485056

Claim:
A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth gear set, wherein the first gear set has a first gear and a second gear, the second gear set has a first gear and a second gear, the third gear set has a first gear and a second gear, the fourth gear set has a first gear and a second gear, the fifth gear set has a first gear, a second gear and a third gear; a first interconnecting member continuously connected to the first gear of the third and selectively connectable with the first gear of the first and second gear sets; a second interconnecting member continuously connected with the first gear of the fourth and fifth gear sets and wherein the first interconnecting member is concentric with the second interconnecting member; a reverse shaft spaced apart from and parallel with the first and second interconnecting members, and wherein the second gear of the fifth gear set is selectively connectable to the reverse shaft; a reverse gear continuously connected to the reverse shaft; a transfer gear is co-planar with and intermeshing with the reverse gear; a countershaft continuously connected to the output member, the second gear of the second gear set, the second gear of the third gear set and the transfer gear and selectively connectable with the second gear of the first gear set, the second gear of the fourth gear set and third gear of the fifth gear set; a dual clutch assembly selectively engageable to interconnect the input member with at least one of the first interconnecting member and the second interconnecting member; and three synchronizer assemblies for selectively connecting at least one of the gears of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth gear sets with at least one of the first interconnecting member, the second interconnecting member, the reverse shaft, and the countershaft, and wherein the dual clutch assembly and three synchronizer assemblies are selectively engageable in combinations of at least one clutch of the dual clutch assembly and at least one of the three synchronizer assemblies to establish at least five forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.