Method of operating a shifting system for a vehicle transmission

A method of operating a shifting system for a vehicle transmission having a gearset comprising first and second gear ratios, with the vehicle transmission disposed in a vehicle, and with the shifting system comprising an input member extending along an axis between a first end and a second end spaced from the first end, with the input member rotatable about the axis, a clutch coupled to the input member and configured to selectively allow torque to be transmitted through one of the first and second gear ratios of the gearset from the input member, a disconnect coupled to the input member, an output member spaced from the input member, the output member selectively rotatable with the input member about the axis to selectively transmit torque through the other of the first and second gear ratios of the gearset;

• and a shifting assembly to selectively rotatably couple the input member and the output member, the shifting assembly comprising an input hub coupled to the input member, with the input hub having a disconnectable component engageable with the disconnect, and with the input hub having a clutch engagement component, a plurality of clutch plates coupled to the clutch engagement component of the input hub, and a clutch plate carrier coupled to the plurality of clutch plates and to the output member to transmit torque from the clutch engagement component of the input hub through the plurality of clutch plates and the clutch plate carrier to the output member, said method comprising;
• engaging the clutch to operatively couple one of the first and second gear ratios to the input member;
• and
• moving the disconnect from a first disconnect position where the disconnectable component of the input hub is disengaged from the disconnect, to a second disconnect position where the disconnectable component of the input hub is engaged with the disconnect to operatively couple the other one of the first and second gear ratios to the input member through the shifting assembly;
• wherein the steps of engaging the clutch and moving the disconnect from the first disconnect position to the second disconnect position are performed such that the clutch is operatively coupled to one of the first and second gear ratios at the same time that the shifting assembly is operatively coupled to the other one of the first and second gear ratios, thus preventing torque from being transmitted through either the first and second gear ratios of the vehicle transmission to park the vehicle.