Patent ID: 7563191

Claim:
A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; a clutch housing connected for common rotation with said input member; a first set of plates continuously extending from said clutch housing for common rotation therewith; a first gear member; a rotatable hub member continuously and non-selectively connected for common rotation with one of said plates of said first set, said rotatable hub member thereby being continuously and non-selectively connected for common rotation with said clutch housing and said input member; and wherein said rotatable hub member is continuously and non-selectively connected for common rotation with said first gear member, said first gear member thereby being continuously and non-selectively connected for common rotation with said input member; a second gear member; a first torque-transmitting mechanism having a second set of plates selectively engagable with selected plates of said first set of plates on a side of said hub member; wherein said second set of plates are connected with said second gear member, selective engagement of said first torque-transmitting mechanism thereby connecting said input member with said second gear member; a third gear member; a second torque-transmitting mechanism having additional plates selectively engagable with other selected ones of said first set of plates on a second side of said hub member; wherein said additional plates of said second torque-transmitting mechanism are connected with said third gear member; selective engagement of said second torque-transmitting mechanism thereby connecting said input member with said third gear member; wherein one of said gear members is a member of one planetary gear set and another of said gear members is a member of another planetary gear set; wherein said one and said another planetary gear sets are axially spaced from said first and second torque-transmitting mechanisms; an additional planetary gear set axially spaced from said one and said another planetary gear sets and from said hub member; wherein said hub member and said planetary gear sets rotate about a common axis; a third, a fourth and a fifth torque-transmitting mechanism; wherein said torque-transmitting mechanisms are selectively engagable in pairs to establish seven forward speed ratios between said input member and said output member; a selectively actuatable hydraulic one-way clutch; and wherein selective actuation of said one-way clutch and engagement of selected ones of said torque-transmitting mechanisms establishes three reverse speed ratios between said input member and said output member.