Patent ID: 8747270

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a hydrodynamic torque converter assembly having a torque converter clutch (TCC); and a transmission operably connected to the engine via the hydrodynamic torque converter assembly, wherein the transmission includes: a plurality of rotating clutches; a plurality of braking clutches; a transmission pump; and a valve body assembly (VBA) in fluid communication with the transmission pump, and having: a set of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) pressure sensors; a set of high-flow, hybrid MEMS flow control valves, wherein each MEMS pressure sensor and each of the hybrid MEMS flow control valves is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the TCC, the rotating clutches, and the braking clutches; a first low-flow, fully MEMS valve operable to control line pressure to the VBA; and a second low-flow, fully MEMS valve operable to deliver fluid pressure to the TCC to thereby enable the TCC; wherein the VBA delivers fluid pressure to the rotating and braking clutches, alone or in different combinations, to thereby establish one of at least six different forward drive states of the transmission.