US Patent Issued to Lyft on July 8 for "Micromobility transit vehicle cable lock assembly systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,262, issued on July 8, was assigned to Lyft Inc. (San Francisco).

"Micromobility transit vehicle cable lock assembly systems and methods" was invented by Calvin Jye Chang (Oakland, Calif.), Merric-Andrew Jaranowski French (San Francisco), Kevin Shia (San Francisco) and Xin Wu (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods associated with a cable lock assembly for a micromobility transit vehicle. A lock assembly may include a latch, an actuator, and an electric motor. The latch may be movable between a first, locking configuration securing a locking pin in place and a second, unlock...