Jin Sook Tschoi

59696168, Oct 19, 1999

May 11, 1998

9/075209

Jin Sook Tschoi - Elmhurst NY

G08B 2300

340576

A driver alarm system for alerting the driver to conditions of fatigue and drowsiness. The alarm system has a power source, an on-off switch, signaling device, and a depressible control button. A flexible jacket for installation on the steering control of a vehicle which transmits pressure of the driver's grip to bear on the depressible control button to deactivate the signaling device. In one embodiment, the pressure transmitter is a pneumatic or hydraulic element inside the jacket. In another embodiment, the pressure transmitter is a spring-biased element. In still another embodiment, the pressure transmitting element comprises a center conductor surrounded by a compressible conductive element, providing variable resistance. Current is provided to an electromagnet when pressure on the jacket decreases resistance. The electromagnet biases a magnetic control button to activate and deactivate the signaling device in response to pressure on the jacket.