Patent ID: 8733091

Claim:
A pump and engine assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a crankshaft disposed in an engine housing and comprising a crankshaft gear, the crankshaft having a first axis of rotation; a pump assembly comprising: a first rotatable pump disposed in the engine housing and engaged to a first cradle bearing support, and a second rotatable pump disposed in the engine housing and engaged to a second cradle bearing support; a pump shaft gear driven by the crankshaft gear; a single pump shaft engaged to and driven by the pump shaft gear, the pump shaft having a second axis of rotation that is parallel to the first axis of rotation, wherein the pump shaft engages and drives both the first rotatable pump and the second rotatable pump; a first support plate on which the first rotatable pump is disposed and a second support plate on which the second rotatable pump is disposed, wherein both the first cradle bearing support and the second cradle bearing support are disposed between the first support plate and the second support plate.