ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,296, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV (Brussels).
"Piston type pump drive arrangement" was invented by Peter Todman (Upper Poppleton York, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston type pump includes a pump housing having a pump inlet, a pump outlet, and a piston arrangement connected to a drive shaft. The drive shaft is configured to drive the piston arrangement, and the drive shaft includes a first eccentric. The piston arrangement has a first primary stage piston connected to a first sliding block guide slidably seated on the first eccentric. The first sliding block guide has a main axis, a ...