Patents by Inventor Brent Michael Arnold

Brent Michael Arnold has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240177607
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining a status of one or more docking stations within a predetermined distance from a destination location for a user, sending instructions to display the status of the one or more docking stations, receiving a destination docking station selected by the user from the one or more docking stations, determining a docking availability at the destination docking station based on pairing statuses between the destination docking station and one or more micromobility transit vehicles docked at the destination docking station, updating the status of the destination docking station based at least on the docking availability, and sending instructions to display the updated status of the destination docking station while the user is enroute to the destination docking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Brent Michael ARNOLD, EriK Keith ASKIN, Jonathan Scott BERNBACH, Mayank Manesh MAKWANA, Griffin Samuel Valentine THOMSON, Collin O'Neil WALDOCH
  • Patent number: 11862019
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems associated with lightweight docking stations for one or more micromobility transit vehicles. The docking station may include multiple racks. Each rack may include a base frame having frame segments, an anchor coupled to and extending vertically from at least one of the frame segments of the base frame, and a lock plate coupled to the anchor and including a lock hole. The lock hole is disposed through the lock plate and is capable of receiving a locking device associated with a micromobility transit vehicle so as to permit locking of the micromobility transit vehicle to the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Michael Arnold, Erik Keith Askin, Jonathan Scott Bernbach, Mayank Manesh Makwana, Griffin Samuel Valentine Thomson, Collin O'Neil Waldoch
  • Publication number: 20210343147
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with lightweight docking stations for one or more micromobility transit vehicles. The docking station may include one or more racks configured to dock micromobility transit vehicles, a lock hole in a rack plate of the one or more racks, and a base. The lock hole may be configured to align with a respective locking device of each of the one or more micromobility transit vehicles. The base may be configured to elevate the one or more micromobility transit vehicles to align the respective locking device with the lock hole. A method may include identifying at least one rack from the one or more racks is available for docking the one or more micromobility transit vehicles and communicating with a mobile computing device to display an indication of the at least one rack available for docking the one or more micromobility transit vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Brent Michael ARNOLD, Erik Keith ASKIN, Jonathan Scott BERNBACH, Mayank Manesh MAKWANA, Griffin Samuel Valentine THOMSON, Collin O'Neil WALDOCH
  • Patent number: 10991250
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with lightweight docking stations for one or more micromobility transit vehicles. The docking station may include one or more racks configured to dock micromobility transit vehicles, a lock hole in a rack plate of the one or more racks, and a base. The lock hole may be configured to align with a respective locking device of each of the one or more micromobility transit vehicles. The base may be configured to elevate the one or more micromobility transit vehicles to align the respective locking device with the lock hole. A method may include identifying at least one rack from the one or more racks is available for docking the one or more micromobility transit vehicles and communicating with a mobile computing device to display an indication of the at least one rack available for docking the one or more micromobility transit vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Michael Arnold, Erik Keith Askin, Jonathan Scott Bernbach, Mayank Manesh Makwana, Griffin Samuel Valentine Thomson, Collin O'Neil Waldoch