Automatic brake control system

Claim 1

A VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF LOAD-BEARING WHEELS EACH HAVING A RESPECTIVE BRAKE MEANS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AND ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATED BRAKE CONTROL MEANS EFFECTIVE WHEN ENERGIZED TO RELAX BRAKE APPLICATION, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING: FIRST MEANS, INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION WITH A FLUID ONE OF THE WHEELS, TRANSDUCER MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST WHEEL EFFECTIVE TO PRODUCE AN ELECTRIC SIGNAL WHICH VARIES WITH VARIATIONS OF THE RATE OF DECELERATION OF SAID FIRST WHEELS; SECOND MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST MEANS AND INCLUDING VALVE DRIVING CIRCUIT MEANS COINNECTED TO SAID BRAKE CONTROL MEANS, EFFECTIVE IN RESPONSIVE TO PRODUCTION BY SAID FIRST MEANS TO A SIGNAL REPRESENTING AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF DECELERATION OF THE SAID FIRST WHEEL ABOVE A DESIRABLE MAXIMUM RATE TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL ENERGIZED CURRENT TO THE ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATED BRAKE CONTROL MEANS TO ACTUATE THE LATTER TO CAUSE RELAXATION OF BRAKE APPLICATION TO SAID FIRST WHEEL; THIRD MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND MEANS, EFFECTIVE INCIDENT TO PROVISION TO ELECTRIC ENERGIZING CURRENT TO SAID BRAKE CONTROL MEANS BY SAID SECOND MEANS TO CAUSE A MOMENTARY EFFECTIVE RAPID REDUCTION IN ELECTRIC ENERGIZING CURRENT PROVIDED TO SAID BRAKE CONTROL MEANS BY SAID SECOND MEANS, WHEREBY THE TIME PERIOD REQUIRED TO EFFECT DESIRED RESUMPTION OF BRAKE APPLICATION TO SAID FIRST WHEEL IS REDUCED AND COMPENSATION IS PROVIDED FOR INHERENT INERTIA IN THE BRAKE MEANS.