planet carrier member 47 rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears 49 that are disposed in meshing relationship with both the sun gear member 42 and the ring gear member 44 the planetary gear set 50 includes a sun gear member 52 referred to as a first gear member in the claims a ring gear member 54 and a planet carrier member 57 refereed to as a third gear member in the claims the planet carrier member 57 rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears 59 that are disposed in meshing relationship with both the sun gear member 52 and the ring gear member 54 the rotatable hub member 24 is continuously connected with the sun gear member 52 thus the sun gear member 52 is connected for common rotation with the input member 17 via the rotatable hub member 24 and the clutch housing 20 the transmission 14 also includes seven torque transmitting mechanisms 60 62 64 66 67 68 and 69 the torque transmitting mechanisms 60 62 and 64 are brakes while the torque transmitting mechanisms 66 67 68 and 69 are rotating clutches the input shaft 17 is continuously connected with the sun gear member 52 via the clutch housing 20 and the rotatable hub member 24 the output shaft 19 is continuously connected with ring gear member 34 an interconnecting member 70 continuously.