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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Matthieu Rihn, Lingolsheim, FR;
Herve Schreiber, Obernai, FR;
Inventors:
Matthieu Rihn, Lingolsheim, FR;
Herve Schreiber, Obernai, FR;
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A transmission is provided having a planetary gearset having respective first, second, and third members, and a compound gearset having respective first, second, third, fourth, and fifth members. The transmission also includes a plurality of selectively engageable torque transmitting devices configured to selectively interconnect selected members of the planetary gearset and the compound gearset for unitary rotation thereby to provide a plurality of forward speed ratios and at least one reverse speed ratio between an input member and an output member.