Patent ID: 9616740
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Y,F15B,Y02T

Claim:
1. A hydraulic module intended to be assembled on a hydraulic hybrid vehicle; the hydraulic module being sized, shaped, and adapted to be mounted beneath the floor of the vehicle; the hydraulic module forming a rigid and compact assembly, and comprising: a body comprising top and bottom surfaces, front and back surfaces, and opposed lateral sides; said body defining a pair of parallel, cylindrical passages extending between the opposed lateral sides; low and high pressure accumulators received in said passages; said low and high pressure accumulators being parallel and adjacent each other when received in said body; said low and high pressure accumulators defining a part of a hydraulic circuit when said hydraulic module is mounted to the vehicle to supply power to a traction motor of the vehicle; a hydraulic command block positioned on one of said opposed lateral sides of said body to be integrated into said module; said command block being directly connected to said low and high pressure accumulators via pressure lines: hydraulic couplings adapted to connect said hydraulic command block to the hydraulic circuit when said hydraulic module is mounted to the vehicle; lids which cover the lateral sides of the hydraulic module and extremities of said low and high pressure accumulators; said command block and said hydraulic couplings being enclosed by one of said lids; and supports positioned along a periphery of the body, said supports forming substantially horizontal planes for mounting the body under the floor in the rear of the vehicle.