Patent ID: 7703346

Claim:
A transmission comprising: an input shaft; a first intermediate shaft; a second intermediate shaft concentric with the first intermediate shaft; a clutch selectively engagable to couple the input shaft with one of the first and second intermediate shafts; a first and a second countershaft; a first set of gears connected for common rotation with the first intermediate shaft and intermeshing with a first selectable set of gears to form a first plurality of co-planar gear sets, wherein one of the first set of gears intermeshes with only one of the first selectable set of gears and another of the first set of gears intermeshes with two of the first selectable set of gears to selectively connect for common rotation at least one of the first selectable set of gears with at least one of the first and second countershafts for selectively transferring the torque to the countershafts when the clutch is engaged, and wherein one of the first selectable set of gears transfers the torque to achieve a reverse gear ratio and is connectable for selective common rotation with one of the countershafts and intermeshes with another of the first selectable set of gears that is connectable for selective common rotation with the other of the countershafts; a second set of gears connected for common rotation with the second intermediate shaft and intermeshing with a second selectable set of gears to form a second plurality of co-planar gear sets, wherein each of the gears of the second selectable set of gears is selectively connectable for common rotation with one of the first and second countershafts for selectively transferring the torque to one of the countershafts when the clutch is engaged; an output shaft disposed radially outward of the second intermediate shaft; and a first transfer gear coupled to one of the first and second countershafts for transferring torque from the countershaft to the output shaft, and wherein the first plurality of co-planar gear sets is disposed between the clutch and the second plurality of co-planar gear sets.