Patent ID: 7282007

Claim:
A multiple-speed transmission for an automotive vehicle, comprising: an input section; an output section; a speed-reducing planetary gearset comprising a first rotating element having a first primary speed slower than the input section, a second rotating element drivingly connected to the input section and having a second primary speed faster than the first primary speed in a same direction as the first rotating element, and a third rotating element held against rotation; a speed-shifting planetary gearset comprising five rotating members, wherein the five rotating members comprise a first rotating member, a second rotating member, a third rotating member, a fourth rotating member, and a fifth rotating member, wherein the second rotating member of the speed-shifting planetary gearset is drivingly connected to the output section; a first clutch for selectively drivingly connecting and disconnecting the first rotating element of the speed-reducing planetary gearset and the first rotating member of the speed-shifting planetary gearset; a second clutch for selectively drivingly connecting and disconnecting the first rotating element of the speed-reducing planetary gearset and the fourth rotating member of the speed-shifting planetary gearset; a third clutch for selectively drivingly connecting and disconnecting the second rotating element of the speed-reducing planetary gearset and the third rotating member of the speed-shifting planetary gearset; a first brake operable to hold selectively against rotation the third rotating member of the speed-shifting planetary gearset; a second brake operable to hold selectively against rotation the fourth rotating member of the speed-shifting planetary gearset; and a third brake operable to hold selectively against rotation the fifth rotating member of the speed-shifting planetary gearset.