Patent ID: 8602934

Claim:
A multiple speed transmission for a motor vehicle comprising: an input member and an output member; an electric motor coupled to the input member; a first planetary gear assembly with a sun gear, a ring gear, and a planet gear carrier that supports a set of planet gears; a second planetary gear assembly with a sun gear coupled to the input member, a ring gear coupled to the ring gear of the first planetary gear assembly, and a planet gear carrier that supports a first set of planet gears and a second set of planet pears and is coupled to the planet gear carrier of the first planetary gear assembly; a third planetary gear with a sun gear coupled to the planet gear carrier of the second planetary gear assembly, a ring gear, and a planet gear carrier that supports a set of planet gears; and a fourth planetary gear assembly with a sun gear, a ring gear coupled to the planet gear carrier of the third planetary gear assembly, and a planet gear carrier that supports a set of planet gears and is coupled to and drives the output member and to the ring gear of the third planetary gear assembly.