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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2024
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Alfred Charles Jones, Ii, 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
A communication unit for attachment to a vehicle is provided. The communication unit may include a housing, a mount, a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a thermal architecture. The housing may include an enclosure defined by a lens surface and a rear enclosure. The lens surface has an emblem, and the rear enclosure has a vent. The mount may be coupled to the housing and is configured to attach the communication unit to a portion of the vehicle. The PCBA is disposed within the housing and behind the lens surface. The PCBA may include a plurality of light emitting elements configured to illuminate the emblem of the communication unit. The thermal architecture is disposed between the PCBA and the rear enclosure. The thermal architecture is configured to dissipate heat generated by one or more of the PCBA or the plurality of light emitting elements.