A hydraulic assembly comprising: a rotational member; a plurality of hydraulic chambers arrayed about a center axis, each of the plurality of hydraulic chambers exhibiting a first end, a second end, a wall extending from the first end to the second end and an opening along the wall between the first end and the second end; and a plurality of pistons each positioned within a respective one of the plurality of hydraulic chambers, wherein each of the plurality of pistons further comprises a protrusion protruding from a side of the piston, the protrusion of each of the plurality of pistons extending, through the opening of the respective hydraulic chamber and arranged to contact the rotational member such that a force is applied between the rotational member and the respective piston.

A hydraulic assembly comprising: a rotational member; a plurality of hydraulic chambers arrayed about a center axis, each of the plurality of hydraulic chambers exhibiting a first end, a second end, a wall extending from the first end to the second end and an opening along the wall between the first end and the second end; and a plurality of pistons each positioned within a respective one of the plurality of hydraulic chambers, wherein each of the plurality of pistons further comprises a protrusion protruding from a side of the piston, the protrusion of each of the plurality of pistons extending, through the opening of the respective hydraulic chamber and arranged to contact the rotational member such that a force is applied between the rotational member and the respective piston.

The invention relates to a machine that amplifies the drive torque of a moving shaft, which is formed by at least one pair of identical units facing a central shaft, each unit being formed by at least one mechanical actuator (cam), a hydraulic actuator (amplified linear force that provides the application of Pascal's law) and a mechanism comprising a piston, connecting rod and crankshaft. For mechanical considerations, the machine is a two-stroke engine (compression and intake) having at least two opposite horizontal pistons, that is, a 180 V engine.

A series hydrostatic transmission for a vehicle having a wheel where the transmission comprises a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor each having a pumping mode and motoring mode. The pump and motor each have cylinders of cyclically varying working volume in which hydraulic fluid displacement through each cylinder is regulated and in phased relationship to cycles of cylinder working volume with reference to a phase signal. The transmission has a first mode in which the pump and motor are fluidly connected to each other, a second mode in which energy from hydraulic fluid pressurised by the motor in the pumping mode is transferred to an energy store, and a third mode in which energy from the energy store drives the motor, and wherein the motor comprises a valve assembly disposed between a high pressure line and a working chamber of the motor.

A series hydrostatic transmission for a vehicle having a wheel where the transmission comprises a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor each having a pumping mode and motoring mode. The pump and motor each have cylinders of cyclically varying working volume in which hydraulic fluid displacement through each cylinder is regulated and in phased relationship to cycles of cylinder working volume with reference to a phase signal. The transmission has a first mode in which the pump and motor are fluidly connected to each other, a second mode in which energy from hydraulic fluid pressurised by the motor in the pumping mode is transferred to an energy store, and a third mode in which energy from the energy store drives the motor, and wherein the motor comprises a valve assembly disposed between a high pressure line and a working chamber of the motor.

A hydrostatic variator having a common yoke design and two or more bent axis piston drive units is disclosed in which the rotating group of a drive unit is arranged to be movable relative to the yoke to alter the angle between its drive shaft axis and rotating group axis independent of the other drive unit. This can be accomplished using movable sector plates coupled to the rotating groups that are arcuately movable within the yoke about the axis perpendicular to the respective drive shaft axes of the drive units. Such variators enjoy the response and packaging advantages of a common yoke design while still allowing dynamic adjustment of system size. In turn, varying system size allows for efficiency to be improved at conditions other than at the maximum design torque.