Abstract: A high pressure hydraulic distributor with a pilot pressure generator, in which a device for reducing pressure is integrated into a distribution section of a compound high pressure hydraulic distributor. The displacement of the slide of the distributor of the section concerned modifies automatically the calibration of the pressure reducer and permits obtaining a reduced pressure which is a function of the displacement of the slide. This reduced pressure is utilized as the pilot pressure for the control means of the source of hydraulic fluid pressure which feeds the distributor.

Abstract: A steering assistance pump includes a temperature sensor valve which communicates with an inlet duct of the pump by way of an additional, normally closed outlet passage. When a pressure relief valve responds, upon blocking of the servo steering means, the temperature of the hydraulic fluid in the system increases to such a degree that it exceeds the limit value of the temperature sensor valve. The valve thus opens to cause the pilot control pressure in the control chamber of the pressure relief valve to be reduced, whereby the pump pressure itself is also reduced.

Abstract: In a rotary vane pump having a normally vertical suction feed flow passage (17a, 17b) which opens tangentially into a horizontal, elbow-bent feed passage (18a, 18b) and a discharge passage (19a, 19b), the direction-changing portion is formed by a plug-like insert (51) which is pressed into a stepped bore (61). The insert (51) comprises erosion-resistant material.