US Patent Issued to Lyft on Jan. 27 for "Mechanically interlocked spline for crank and bottom bracket interface of a micromobility vehicle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,157, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Lyft Inc. (San Francisco).

"Mechanically interlocked spline for crank and bottom bracket interface of a micromobility vehicle" was invented by Casey James Fittz (Oakland, Calif.), Andrew Michael Reimer (San Francisco), Neil Richard Anthony Saldanha (San Francisco) and Joseph Daniel Taylor (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottom bracket assembly with interconnected axle and crank arms. Each end of the axle has a plurality of angled surfaces and a recess formed with a depth through at least the axle perimeter and at least partially around the perimeter of the axle. Each crank arm h...