Lyft, Inc.

James Jeng-Yeu Peng

Rochus Emanuel Jacob

Jared Mitchell Kole

Jeffrey Alan Boyd

Oliver Maximilian Mueller

Erik Keith Askin

Peter Rex Luedtke

Gary Shambat

Daniel Lami Goldstein

Andrew Michael Reimer

Garrett Korda Drayna

Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French

Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha

Andrew Paul Rosenkranz

Chen-Yu Lin

Richard Stephen Chelminski

Jennifer Uang

Alex Dixon

Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with locking a micromobility transit vehicle to a stationary object. A multimodal transportation system may include a docking station including a securement point, and a micromobility transit vehicle securable to the securement point of the docking station. The micromobility transit vehicle may include a storage basket and a lock cable including a first end coupled to the storage basket and a second end. The second end of the lock cable may be securable to the securement point of the docking station to lock the micromobility transit vehicle to the docking station. The storage basket may include a pin lock. The pin lock may engage a locking pin of the lock cable to lock the micromobility transit vehicle via the lock cable.

Micromobility transit vehicle lock-to mechanism systems and methods

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include a magnetic insertable lock component with a magnet-sensing lock housing. By using a magnet within a pin and a magnetic field sensor within the lock housing, the apparatus may accurately detect the state of the lock. In some embodiments, the apparatus may determine the pin is inserted fully into the lock, the pin is inserted partially into the lock, the pin is not inserted in the lock, and/or that a foreign object that is not the pin is inserted into the lock. By using a magnet within the pin to track the state of the lock, the apparatus may improve both the user experience and the security of the lock. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for magnet-equipped locks

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Emeryville, CA, United States of America

James Jeng-Yeu Peng