Patent ID: 7896769

Claim:
A manual valve control for a vehicle transmission having more than six forward speeds, the control comprising a plurality of electro-hydraulic trim valve systems configured to receive electrical signals and selectively communicate pressurized fluid to a number of transmission shift mechanisms, wherein the number of transmission shift mechanisms is greater than the number of electro-hydraulic trim valve systems, a shift valve in selective fluid communication with at least one of the trim valve systems and with at least one of the transmission shift mechanisms, a manual valve having a plurality of manually selectable positions, and first, second, third and fourth trim valves and a plurality of passages configured to selectively fluidly couple the first, second, third, third and fourth trim valves, the shift valve, and the manual valve to first, second, third, fourth and fifth transmission shift mechanisms, wherein the first and second trim valves, the shift valve and the manual valve control the first, second and third transmission shift mechanisms, and the third and fourth trim valves control the fourth and fifth transmission shift mechanisms.