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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2023
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Erik Keith Askin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Alan Boyd, San Rafael, CA (US);
Alexander Timothy Dixon, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Robert Andrew Ewaschuk, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Emily Christina Figurski, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Tristin Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Mcdaid, San Francisco, CA (US);
Oliver Maximilian Mueller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrea Claude Ramos Santos, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ulhas Subramaniam, Fremont, CA (US);
Joseph Daniel Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods related to docking stations for accommodating multiple types of micromobility vehicles, for interacting with different users, and for operating securely under low-power constraints are disclosed. A low-power docking station may include a housing having walls defining a vehicle opening, and a latching receiver to engage with a latching mount of the micromobility vehicle when it is positioned in the vehicle opening. The docking station can further include a movable hook having a retention feature and a movable latch having a latching protrusion and a receiving feature. The receiving feature can be configured to receive the latching mount when the latching mount is advanced into the receiving feature, and in response to the receiving feature receiving the latching mount, the movable latch can move such that the latching protrusion of the movable latch is retained by the retention feature of the movable hook.