Patent ID: 8360918

Claim:
A multi-speed transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; a stationary member; an intermediate member; a simple planetary gear set; wherein the input member, the output member, the intermediate member, and the simple planetary gear set are arranged coaxially with one another to define a first axis of rotation; a first and a second layshaft defining a second axis of rotation and a third axis of rotation, respectively; eight selectively engagable torque-transmitting mechanisms; five sets of intermeshing gears, some of which are arranged to transfer torque from the input member to the layshafts, and others of which are arranged to transfer torque from the layshafts to one of the intermediate member and the simple planetary gear set; each set of intermeshing gears being axially spaced from the other sets of intermeshing gears; wherein the eight torque-transmitting mechanisms are each selectively engagable to connect a different respective gear of the intermeshing sets of gears to a respective one of the layshafts or to the stationary member; the eight torque-transmitting mechanisms being engagable in different combinations of two to establish up to fourteen forward speed ratios and a reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.