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Claim 1

IN A TRANSMISSION FOR A TORQUE PRODUCING ENGINE OF THE TYPE CONTROLLED BY A THROTTLE, AN INPUT CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE, AN OUTPUT, A DRIVE TRAIN INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE INPUT AND OUTPUT INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND GEAR UNITS FOR AFFORDING A PLURALITY OF DRIVE RATIOS THEREBETWEEN, EACH GEAR UNIT INCLUDING DRIVING, DRIVEN AND REACTION ELEMENTS, RATIO ESTABLISHING DEVICES FOR EACH GEAR UNIT OPERABLE BOTH FOR HOLDING THE REACTION ELEMENT TO AFFORD ONE DRIVER RATIO THROUGH THE GEAR UNIT AND FOR JOINING TOGETHER TWO ELEMENTS OF THE UNIT TO AFFORD A DIRECT DRIVE RATIO THERETHROUGH, A REACTION MASS CONNECTED TO THE FIRST GEAR UNIT REACTION ELEMENT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, THE RATIO ESTABLISHING DEVICE FOR JOINING TOGETHER THE REACTION ELEMENT AND ANOTHER ELEMENT OF OF THE FIRST GEAR UNIT, WHEN OPERABLE, CAUSING ACCELERATION OF BOTH THE REACTION ELEMENT AND THE REACTION MASS AND DECELERATION OF SAID ANOTHER ELEMENT, THE INERTIA ACCELERATED BEING BALANCED BY THE INERTIA DECELERATED, AND AN ELECTROMAGNETICALLY OPERATED CLUTCH IN THE DRIVE TRAN ARRANGED TO VARY THE TORQUE TRANSFERRED THERETHROUGH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THROTTLE POSITION.