Multiple speed ratio power transmission mechanism with full range reverse

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A POWER TRANSMISSION MECHANISM HAVING GEAR ELEMENTS THAT DEFINE TORQUE DELIVERY PATHS BETWEEN A DRIVING MEMBER AND A DRIVEN MEMBER, FIRST AND SECOND GEAR ASSEMBLIES HAVING GEAR ELEMENTS JOURNALED ROTATABLY ABOUT A COMMON AXIS, A COUNTERSHAFT MOUNTED IN PARALLEL DISPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID COMMON AXIS, GEARS JOURNALED FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID COUNTERSHAFT, FINAL DRIVE MULTIPLE SPEED RATIO GEARING DEFINED IN PART BY ONE OF SAID GEAR ASSEMBLIES, A POWER OUTPUT ELEMENT OF SAID GEARING BEING CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVEN MEMBER, FIRST AND SECOND REVERSE DRIVE PINIONS, SAID FIRST REVERSE DRIVE PINION ENGAGING DRIVABLY A GEAR ELEMENT OF THE OTHER OF SAID GEAR ASSEMBLIES AND A FIRST ONE OF SAID GEARS, THE SECOND REVERSE DRIVE PINION ENGAGING ANOTHER ELEMENT OF SAID OTHER GEAR ASSEMBLY AND A SECOND OF SAID GEARS, A THIRD ELEMENT OF SAID OTHER GEAR ASSEMBLY ENGAGING THIRD OF SAID GEARS, A FOURTH ELEMENT OF OTHER GEAR ASSEMBLY ENGAGING A FOURTH OF SAID GEARS, A FIRST SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE CLUTCH MEANS FOR CONNECTING AT DIFFERENT TIMES SAID FOURTH GEAR AND SAID FIRST GEAR TO A POWER INPUT ELEMENT OF SAID GEARING AND SECOND SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE CLUTCH MEANS FOR CONNECTING AT DIFFERENT TIMES SAID THIRD GEAR AND SAID SECOND GEAR TO SAID POWER INPUT ELEMENT OF SAID GEARING WHEREBY MULTIPLE RATIOS IN BOTH A REVERSE DRIVE RANGE AND A FORWARD DRIVE RANGE CAN BE OBTAINED.