Patent ID: 8758189

Claim:
A multiple speed automatic transmission comprising, in combination, a first, a second, a third and a fourth planetary gear assembly, each of said planetary gear assemblies having three members, an input member connected to one of said members of said second planetary gear assembly, an output member connected to one of said members of said fourth planetary gear assembly, one of said members of said first planetary gear assembly coupled to another of said members of said second planetary gear assembly, another of said members of said first planetary gear assembly coupled to yet another of said members of said second planetary gear assembly, a member for connecting said yet another of said members of said second planetary gear assembly with one of said members of said third planetary gear assembly, another of said members of said third planetary gear assembly coupled to another of said members of said fourth planetary gear assembly, yet another of said members of said third planetary gear assembly coupled to said one of said members of said fourth planetary gear assembly, a band brake coupled to yet another of said members of said first planetary gear assembly, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices selectively engageable to connect: said one of said members of said first planetary gear assembly and said another of said members of said second planetary gear assembly to ground, said another of said members of said third planetary gear assembly and said another of said members of said fourth planetary gear assembly to ground, said input member to said another of said members of said third planetary gear assembly, said input member to said yet another of said members of said fourth planetary gear assembly, and said another of said members of said first planetary gear assembly and another of said members of said second planetary gear assembly to ground.