ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,356, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lyft Inc. (San Francisco).
"Micromobility electric vehicle with walk-assist mode" was invented by Lucas Jon Van Houten (San Francisco), Gregoire Ludovic Vincent Vandenbussche (San Francisco) and Mark Phillip Holveck (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromobility electric vehicle with a controller that operates the vehicle in a walk-assist mode, expanding the population of users that can comfortably use the vehicle. In walk-assist mode, the speed of the vehicle may be limited to a walking speed, regardless of the position of a throttle. In contrast, in a riding mode, the maxim...