Patent ID: 8870703

Claim:
A transmission comprising: a housing; a plurality of planetary gear sets disposed in the housing and each including a first member, a second member, and a third member; a structural member secured to the housing and including an anchor portion and an actuator portion, wherein the anchor portion defines an anchor bore and the actuator portion defines an actuator cavity; a sprocket member rotationally supported by the structural member; an annular drum adjacent the structural member and including a braking portion that circumscribes one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, wherein the annular drum is continuously rotationally coupled with a member of the one of the plurality of planetary gear sets; a band circumscribing the annular drum and including an anchor portion and an actuating portion, wherein the anchor portion is disposed in the anchor bore of the structural member, and wherein the band includes at least a first position and a second position, and wherein in the first position the band is substantially separated from the drum and in the second position the band contacts the drum; and an actuator including a body and a piston, wherein the body is disposed in the actuator portion of the structural member and the piston is engaged with the actuation portion of the band clutch to selectively position the band between at least the first position and the second position to transfer torque between the structural member and the annular drum.