Patent ID: 9729181
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60R,H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. Apparatus comprising: a faceplate circuit board; a front side of the faceplate circuit board configured to face into a vehicle passenger compartment; a rear side of the faceplate circuit board configured to be attached to a vehicle entertainment system head unit that is installed further into a vehicle dashboard than the faceplate circuit board; a network access device attached to the front side of the faceplate circuit board, the network access device being configured to be able to provide two-way wireless communications; an antenna attached to the front side of the faceplate circuit board, the antenna being electrically coupled to the network access device via an electrical conductor on the faceplate circuit board and concealed by a bezel, the bezel being configured to allow radio frequency signals to readily pass through the bezel such that neither an external antenna nor an external-antenna connector are needed; and a display screen attached to the front side of the faceplate circuit board and electrically coupled to the network access device via electrical conductors on the faceplate circuit board, the display screen providing a user interface for the network access.