Patent ID: 7297085

Claim:
An automatic transmission comprising: first and second planetary gear sets each having a first member, a second member and a third member; a first modal torque-transmitting mechanism selectively engagable to connect one of said members of said first planetary gear set with a stationary member; a second modal torque-transmitting mechanism selectively engagable to establish power flow to a member of said second planetary gear set; a third modal torque-transmitting mechanism selectively engagable to connect any two members of one of said first and second planetary gear sets; and a first and a second input torque-transmitting mechanism separately selectively engagable to establish power flow at a different member of one of said first and second planetary gear sets than said member of said second planetary gear set at which power flow is established via engagement of said second modal torque-transmitting mechanism; wherein a speed of said different member (i) increases as said first and second input torque-transmitting mechanisms are engaged in successive order while said first modal torque-transmitting mechanism is also engaged, (ii) then decreases as at least one of the first and second input torque-transmitting mechanisms is engaged while said second modal torque-transmitting mechanism is also engaged, and (iii) then increases as the first and second input torque-transmitting mechanisms are engaged in successive order while said third modal torque-transmitting mechanism is also engaged, respectively.