Patent ID: 8104277

Claim:
An end cap for mounting a plurality of hydraulic pumps, comprising: a first pump running surface on which a first hydraulic pump may be rotatably disposed; a second pump running surface on which a second hydraulic pump may be rotatably disposed; a first pair of hydraulic ports open on a first face, each of the first pair of hydraulic ports extending into the end cap from the first face along a respective longitudinal axis, the first pair of hydraulic ports being connected to the first pump running surface; a second pair of hydraulic ports open on a second face, each of the second pair of hydraulic ports extending into the end cap from the second face along a respective longitudinal axis, the second pair of hydraulic ports being connected to the second pump running surface; wherein the first pair of hydraulic ports and the second pair of hydraulic ports are substantially coplanar and the longitudinal axis of at least one of the first pair of hydraulic ports forms an obtuse angle with the longitudinal axis of at least one of the second pair of hydraulic ports.