US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on Oct. 6 for "Auxiliary pump arrangement and a power steering system comprising such auxiliary pump arrangement" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,839, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Auxiliary pump arrangement and a power steering system comprising such auxiliary pump arrangement" was invented by Anders Carmestedt (Satila, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary pump arrangement includes an auxiliary pump having a pump inlet configured to receive a flow of hydraulic fluid from a primary power steering pump via a hydraulic supply conduit, and a pump outlet. An actuator is connected to the auxiliary pump, the actuator comprising a clutch connectable to a driveline of the vehicle; wherein the auxiliary pump arrangement is confi...