Patent ID: 6976930

Claim:
A transmission assembly, comprising: a stationary housing; a first section having a coupling member, a first planetary gear assembly, a second planetary gear assembly, and a third planetary gear assembly, each of the planetary gear assemblies being disposed in the stationary housing and including a ring gear, at least one planet carrier having at least one planet gear disposed on the at least one planet carrier and a sun gear, wherein the at least one planet gear of each planetary gear assembly is adapted to mesh with at least one of the sun gear and the ring gear of the corresponding planetary gear assembly, and wherein the sun gears of at least the first and second planetary gear assemblies are operatively connected to the coupling member; an input member operatively connected to the third planetary gear assembly; a first stationary clutch adapted to selectively and operatively connect the coupling member to the stationary housing; a second stationary clutch adapted to selectively and operatively connect at least one of the at least one planet carrier and ring gear of the first planetary gear assembly to the stationary housing; and an intermediate coupling member operatively connected to the third planetary gear assembly and adapted to be driven by the first section, wherein: the input member is operatively connected to the ring gear of the third planetary gear assembly; the planet carrier of the third planetary gear assembly is operatively connected to the ring gear of the second planetary gear assembly and the intermediate coupling member; the planet carrier of the second planetary gear assembly is operatively connected to the ring gear of the first planetary gear assembly; and the sun gear of the third planetary gear assembly is operatively connected to the coupling member.