Patent 8485934 was granted and assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen on July, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A multi-ratio transmission comprising four planetary gearsets, eight rotary shafts and six shifting elements including first, second, third and fourth clutches and first and second brakes. The shafts either directly couple or selectively couple, via the shifting elements, the gearsets to each other or a housing of the transmission so as to implement nine forward gears and one reverse gear.