Patents by Inventor Maximilian Müller

Maximilian Müller 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: 20250091673
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes collecting data from at least one component of a micromobility vehicle. The method includes analyzing the data to determine whether a condition of the micromobility vehicle corresponds to an unsafe condition. The method includes determining, based on analysis, that the condition of the micromobility vehicle corresponds to the unsafe condition. The method includes activating an immobilization lock on the micromobility vehicle to immobilize a wheel of the micromobility vehicle responsive to determining that the condition of the micromobility vehicle corresponds to the unsafe condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Erik Keith Askin, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Alex Dixon, Garrett Korda Drayna, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Daniel Lami Goldstein, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Jared Mitchell Kole, Chen-Yu Lin, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, James Jeng-Yeu Peng, Andrew Michael Reimer, Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha, Gary Shambat, Jennifer Uang
  • Patent number: 12199301
    Abstract: A drive battery for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes a housing, which has a plurality of partial regions, wherein one or more cell modules are respectively arranged in a first partial region and in a second partial region. A composite component is arranged between the first partial region and the second partial region in order to separate the partial regions. The composite component has a profile element of fiber-reinforced plastic, a foam body of a compressible foam and/or a silicone mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Müller, Ralf Keller
  • Publication number: 20250010745
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of installing a modular micro-mobility fleet vehicle docking system includes: providing multiple base platforms, each including platform interlock feature(s) extending along at least a portion of its perimeter; connecting each base platform to an adjoining one via the associated platform interlock features; providing multiple modular station bodies, each including a vehicle retention system configured to secure a micro-mobility fleet vehicle to the modular station body and a base platform connector disposed at a bottom surface of the modular station body, the base platform connector including a physical locking interface and an electrical connection interface integrated together as a single piece; and securing each modular station body to a corresponding base platform via the associated base platform connector to physically lock the modular station body to the base platform and electrically connect the modular station body to the base platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Oliver Maximilian Mueller
  • Patent number: 12157530
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Keith Askin, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Alex Dixon, Garrett Korda Drayna, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Daniel Lami Goldstein, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Jared Mitchell Kole, Chen-Yu Lin, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, James Jeng-Yeu Peng, Andrew Michael Reimer, Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha, Gary Shambat, Jennifer Uang
  • Patent number: 12157533
    Abstract: A cockpit assembly for a micro-mobility fleet vehicle may include at least two visible and at least partially opposed faces linked by a fold aligned along an axis of a handlebar assembly, such as a first face, a second face, and an intermediate portion connecting the first face to the second face. The first face may include a headlight assembly. The second face may include a display of a user interface that is arranged to face a rider of the fleet vehicle. The display may be disposed adjacent to and/or beneath a mobile device holder. The first face, the second face, and the intermediate portion may wrap at least partially around the handlebar assembly to position the first face towards a front of the fleet vehicle and the second face towards a rear, a rider, and/or a seat of the fleet vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Rex Luedtke, Kelly Erin Johnson, Alejandro Salvador Garcia, Sanket Parshuram Phalgaonkar, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, Jeffrey Allen Boyd
  • Publication number: 20240387934
    Abstract: A battery cell module having a housing and a plurality of battery cells and separating elements. The battery cells are arranged in a stack with a separating element interposed between each pair of adjacently arranged battery cells. The stack is arranged in the housing. The battery cells each include, at one of their end regions, at least one cell connector protruding out of the respective battery cell. The battery cells of the stack are arranged in the housing such that the end regions with the cell connectors face toward an end side of the housing. At least one sealing element or a plurality of sealing elements is or are provided, which sealingly abuts or abut, firstly, the end regions of the battery cells and, secondly, the separating elements, wherein the cell connectors protrude from the at least one sealing element or sealing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christopher Volkmer, Sascha Mostofi, Daniel Fink, Maximilian Müller
  • Patent number: 12090513
    Abstract: Techniques related to retroreflective surface layers for micro-mobility transit vehicles are disclosed. A retroreflective surface layer may be formed over at least a portion of a component of a micro-mobility transit vehicle by forming a powder coat layer over the portion of the component and baking the powder coat layer to cure the powder coat layer. An uncured clear coat layer may be formed over the powder coat layer. The uncured clear coat layer may be impregnated with a plurality of glass beads via an air-pressure applicator. The uncured clear coat layer impregnated with the glass beads may be baked to cure the clear coat layer. The retroreflective surface layer may include the powder coat layer, clear coat layer, and the plurality of glass beads distributed within the clear coat layer. The retroreflective surface layer may reflect incident light back to its source with minimal scattering of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Abel Lopez, III, Emerson Kelby Halbach, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Oliver Maximilian Mueller
  • Patent number: 12083915
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide modular docking systems and rebalancing systems for micro-mobility fleet vehicles. A modular micro-mobility fleet vehicle docking system includes a base platform including a modular station body receptacle disposed on a top surface of the base platform and a modular station body including a vehicle retention system configured to secure a micro-mobility fleet vehicle to the modular station body. The modular station body includes a base platform interface disposed at a bottom surface of the modular station body that is configured to be physically secured to the base platform by the modular station body receptacle. The modular station body receptacle includes a station locking interface configured to releasably secure the modular station body to the base platform and/or an electrical interface configured to provide power to the modular station body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Oliver Maximilian Mueller
  • Publication number: 20230365015
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Erik Keith Askin, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Alexander Timothy Dixon, Robert Andrew Ewaschuk, Emily Christina Figurski, Tristin Kim, Scott McDaid, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha, Andrea Claude Ramos Santos, Ulhas Subramaniam, Joseph Daniel Taylor
  • Patent number: 11811033
    Abstract: A battery arrangement for a motor vehicle, with a battery which has a battery housing and a plurality of battery cells. The battery cells are arranged in the battery housing. A protective plate is arranged at least on one side of the battery. A damage detection apparatus has a damage indicator. The damage indicator is arranged on the protective plate. The damage indicator is embedded into the protective plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Teiwen Fehse, Christopher Volkmer, Dominik Klaiber, Ralf Keller, Maximilian Müller
  • Patent number: 11780310
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a traction battery module which has a hermetically sealed module housing in which at least one cell stack pair including a left-hand-side and a right-hand-side cell stack including, in each case, at least two battery cells is accommodated. The traction battery module is arranged in the vehicle floor and extends symmetrically in relation to the vehicle center (M) in the vehicle transverse direction (X). The traction battery module has a bottom wall in a horizontal plane. A gas space is formed in the module housing in the vehicle center (M) and between the left-hand-side cell stack and the right-hand-side cell stack with respect to the vehicle transverse direction (X). The module bottom wall has a degassing element centrally in the vehicle in the region of the gas space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Immanuel Vogel, Adrian Starczewski, Dieter Schiebel, Ralf Keller, Maximilian Müller
  • Publication number: 20230187772
    Abstract: A battery for a drive of a motor vehicle includes at least one energy reservoir, a housing, an interior, and a diffuser element. The housing surrounds the interior and the energy reservoir is arranged in the interior. The diffuser element is attached to an exterior of the housing. The diffuser element includes a plurality of diffuser outlets, a plurality of side faces, and a head face. The side faces are arranged between the housing and the head face. A housing outlet is arranged in the housing, which outlet is configured so as to discharge gas out of the interior in an outgoing direction to the diffuser element. The outgoing direction is directed from the housing outlet towards the head face. The diffuser outlets are arranged on the side faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Fink, Ralf Keller, Maximilian Müller
  • Publication number: 20220336916
    Abstract: A battery device has at least one battery module including a battery module housing, in which battery module housing battery cells are provided. The battery cells each have a cell envelope with a cell vent. The battery module housing has a battery-module housing wall with battery-module housing vents. The battery-module housing vents are respectively assigned a first closure arrangement, which first closure arrangement closes the assigned battery-module housing vent in a first state (Z1) and opens it in a second state (Z2), in order to allow at least partial venting of gas from the battery module housing through the assigned battery-module housing vent in the second state (Z2) of the first closure arrangement. At least two of the cell vents respectively lie opposite an assigned battery-module housing vent, at least in certain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Ralf Keller, Adrian Starczewski, Maximilian Müller
  • Publication number: 20220194503
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Erik Keith Askin, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Alex Dixon, Garrett Korda Drayna, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Daniel Lami Goldstein, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Jared Mitchell Kole, Chen-Yu Lin, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, James Jeng-Yeu Peng, Andrew Michael Reimer, Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha, Gary Shambat, Jennifer Uang
  • Publication number: 20220149475
    Abstract: A drive battery for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, includes a housing, which has a plurality of partial regions, wherein one or more cell modules are respectively arranged in a first partial region and in a second partial region. A composite component is arranged between the first partial region and the second partial region in order to separate the partial regions. The composite component has a profile element of fiber-reinforced plastic, a foam body of a compressible foam and/or a silicone mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Müller, Ralf Keller
  • Publication number: 20220144066
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a traction battery module which has a hermetically sealed module housing in which at least one cell stack pair including a left-hand-side and a right-hand-side cell stack including, in each case, at least two battery cells is accommodated. The traction battery module is arranged in the vehicle floor and extends symmetrically in relation to the vehicle center (M) in the vehicle transverse direction (X). The traction battery module has a bottom wall in a horizontal plane. A gas space is formed in the module housing in the vehicle center (M) and between the left-hand-side cell stack and the right-hand-side cell stack with respect to the vehicle transverse direction (X). The module bottom wall has a degassing element centrally in the vehicle in the region of the gas space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Immanuel Vogel, Adrian Starczewski, Dieter Schiebel, Ralf Keller, Maximilian Müller
  • Publication number: 20220029215
    Abstract: A battery arrangement for a motor vehicle, with a battery which has a battery housing and a plurality of battery cells. The battery cells are arranged in the battery housing. A protective plate is arranged at least on one side of the battery. A damage detection apparatus has a damage indicator. The damage indicator is arranged on the protective plate. The damage indicator is embedded into the protective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Teiwen Fehse, Christopher Volkmer, Dominik Klaiber, Ralf Keller, Maximilian Müller
  • Patent number: D997787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Oliver Maximilian Mueller
  • Patent number: D1045676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Abel Lopez, III, Emerson Kelby Halbach, Jeffrey Alan Boyd, Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Oliver Maximilian Mueller, Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha, Erik Keith Askin
  • Patent number: D1072676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French, Rochus Emanuel Jacob, Oliver Maximilian Mueller