Brake control system

Claim 1

A BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BRAKE MEANS TO BE ACTUATED, A PLURALITY OF MASTER CYLINDERS, ONE OF EACH OF SAID BRAKE MEANS, A COMMON PEDAL FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ACTUATING SAID PLURAL MASTER CYLINDERS, EACH MASTER CYLINDER HAVING A HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT ASSOCIATED THEREWITH BY WHICH IT MAY BE ACTUATED BY THE PEDAL AND BY WHICH IT MAY ACTUATE THE ASSOCIATED BRAKE MEANS, EACH HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT INCLUDING A RESERVOIR FOR SUPPLYING IT WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID, A PUSH ROD UNIT FOR EACH MASTER CYLINDER FOR ACTUATING THE PISTON THEREOF AND BEING OPERATIVELY INTERPOSED BETWEEN SUCH PISTON AND SAID COMMON PEDAL, EACH PUSH ROD UNIT INCLUDING TWO PARTS IN THRUST ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER WHEREBY THE PART REMOTE FROM SAID PEDAL CAN BE ACTUATED INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID PEDAL WITHOUT ACTUATING SAID PEDAL, ACTUATING MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY AND SELECTIVELY ACTUATING EACH SAID REMOTE PART WHEREBY TO INDIVIDUALLY AND SELECTIVELY ACTUATE THE ASSOCIATED MASTER CYLINDER TO ENABLE THE SUPPLY FLUID FROM THE ASSOCIATED RESERVOIR TO THE ASSOCIATED HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT DURING BLEEDING OF THE ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT WITHOUT HAVING ANY EFFECT ON THE OTHER CIRCUITS, WHEREBY TO PROVIDE FOR INDEPENDENT ADJUSTMENT OF THE PRESSURES IN SAID CIRCUITS TO A DESIRED VALUE TO FACILITATE CONCURRENT OPERATION OF SAID BRAKES BY THE OPERATION OF SAID BRAKE PEDAL.