LIGHTWEIGHT DOCKING STATION FOR MICROMOBILITY TRANSIT VEHICLES SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• Main Authors: MAKWANA, Mayank Manesh, THOMSON, Griffin Samuel Valentine, WALDOCH, Collin O'Neil, ASKIN, Erik Keith, ARNOLD, Brent Michael, BERNBACH, Jonathan Scott
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.11.2021
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

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.