US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Feb. 17 for "Hydraulic systems and methods for a vehicle with a common pump supplying steering and braking functions" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,339, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Hydraulic systems and methods for a vehicle with a common pump supplying steering and braking functions" was invented by Jesse Steinke (Oshkosh, Wis.), Ryan Wolf (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Chris Mills (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic system includes a pump having a pump outlet, a tank configured to supply fluid to the pump, a hydraulic motor coupled to an air compressor that is configured to supply compressed air to an air brake, a steering gear having an inlet workport and an outlet workport, and a compressor bypass valve. The compressor bypass...