Patent ID: 8167766

Claim:
A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; first, second, third and fourth planetary gear sets each having first, second and third members; a first torque transmitting device selectively engageable to connect the third member of the second planetary gear set with the output member; a second torque transmitting device selectively engageable to connect the second member of the first planetary gear set with the output member; a third torque transmitting device selectively engageable to connect the first member of the third planetary gear set with the first member of the fourth planetary gear set; a fourth transmitting device selectively engageable to connect the first member of the third planetary gear set with the second member of the third planetary gear set; a fifth torque transmitting device selectively engageable to connect the first member of the fourth planetary gear set with a stationary member; a sixth torque transmitting device selectively engageable to connect the second member of the third planetary gear set with the stationary member; and at least five continuous connections from at least one of the first members, the second members, the third members, and the stationary member to at least one other of the first members, the second members, and the third members, and wherein the torque transmitting devices are selectively engageable in combinations of at least three to establish at least nine forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.