Patent ID: 8231502

Claim:
A transmission comprising: an input member; an output member; a planetary gear set assembly having a first member, a second member, a third member and a fourth member; a planetary gear set having a first, a second and a third member, wherein the third member of the planetary gear set is continuously connected to the input member; an interconnecting member continuously interconnecting the second member of the planetary gear set assembly with the first member of the planetary gear set; and at least five torque transmitting mechanisms selectively engageable to interconnect at least one of the first, second, third and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly and at least one of the first, second and third members of the planetary gear set with another of first, second, third and fourth members of the planetary gear set assembly, another of the first, second and third members of the planetary gear set and a stationary member, wherein a first of the at least five torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the fourth member of the planetary gear set assembly with the third member of the planetary gear set and the input member, and wherein a second of the at least five torque transmitting mechanisms is selectively engageable to interconnect the fourth member of the planetary gear set assembly with the second member of the planetary gear set and the output member, and wherein the at least five torque transmitting mechanisms are selectively engageable in combinations of at least two to establish at least six forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between the input member and the output member.