Patent ID: 7104917

Claim:
A power transmission comprising: a countershaft portion; a planetary gearset portion; an input shaft; an output shaft; said countershaft portion including a plurality of ratio gearsets connectible with said input shaft by a plurality of selectively engageable mechanical torque-transmitting mechanisms, and an output gearset connectible with a first member of said planetary gearset; a second member of said planetary gearset being selectively connectible with said input shaft through a selectively engageable input torque-transmitting mechanism; said planetary gearset including a third member continuously connected with said output shaft; a first torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said first and third members of said planetary gearset; a second selectively engageable torque-transmitting mechanism interconnecting said first member of said planetary gearset with a transmission housing; and a third selectively engageable torque-transmitting mechanism selectively interconnecting said second member of said planetary gearset with said transmission housing.