An accumulator/pump housing associated with a motor vehicle hydraulic
system that is designed to incorporate a gerotor pump and an accumulator.
The accumulator/pump housing comprises a portion of a torque coupling
assembly in which a friction clutch selectively engages and disengages a
torque coupling case and at least one output shaft. The accumulator/pump
housing is located external to a torque coupling housing and at least
partially encloses a gerotor pump and a fluid accumulator. The gerotor
pump pressurizes the hydraulic fluid and the fluid accumulator
selectively stores the pressurized fluid. The hydraulic pump and
accumulator supply pressurized fluid to actuate the friction clutch.