Patent ID: 8241010

Claim:
A hydraulic reservoir for a hydraulic regenerative circuit, the hydraulic regenerative circuit including an electric motor that is operably coupled to a hydraulic pump in selective fluid communication with the hydraulic reservoir, the hydraulic regenerative circuit being operable in a non-regenerative mode in which the electric motor drives an operation of the hydraulic pump to draw a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic reservoir and a regenerative mode in which the hydraulic pump drives an operation of the electric motor as the hydraulic fluid is returned to the hydraulic reservoir, the hydraulic reservoir comprising: a container having an internal volume; an internal wall dividing the internal volume of the container into a first section and a second section for separately containing the hydraulic fluid; a first one-way valve that allows the hydraulic fluid to be drawn out of the first section and which substantially prevents a flow of the hydraulic fluid back into the first section through the first one-way valve; and a second one-way valve that allows the hydraulic fluid to be returned to the second section and which substantially prevents a flow of the hydraulic fluid back out of the second section through the second one-way valve.