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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2020
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Alfred Charles Jones, San Jose, CA (US);
Azhar Kamal Meyer, Pacifica, CA (US);
Marco Antonio Marroquin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Wimmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ethan Duncan Eyler, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Sungchun Chiu, Hayward, CA (US);
Lakshmaiah Brahmasani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An illuminated communication unit for a vehicle is provided. The communication unit may include an enclosure carrying components within a cavity that include a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and a heat sink. The PCBA may include a position sensor in communication with the vehicle and configured to detect a position of the vehicle, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed adjacent to the position sensor and configured to generate a light output. The heat sink may be configured to dissipate heat caused by the plurality of light emitting elements generating the light output. The communication unit may include a diffuser lens that includes a lens surface having an emblem disposed thereon, the diffuser lens being configured to receive the light output generated by the plurality of light emitting elements and diffusely illuminate the emblem. The lens surface may be configured to widely disperse the light output.