US 12,227,096 B2
Micromobility transit vehicle battery charging systems and methods
Jeffrey Alan Boyd, San Rafael, CA (US); Marc Daniel Fenigstein, San Francisco, CA (US); and Conrad Xavier Murphy, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/917,201.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402885 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/302 (2019.01); B60L 53/31 (2019.01); B60L 53/80 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/30 (2019.02) [B60L 53/302 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/80 (2019.02); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery charging cabinet for micromobility transit vehicle batteries, the battery charging cabinet comprising:
a cabinet housing;
a first drawer configured to extend from and retract into the cabinet housing;
a plurality of charging docks disposed in the first drawer, wherein the plurality of charging docks is respectively separated by a plurality of dividers, and wherein each charging dock of the plurality of charging docks comprises a first electrical interface that is disposed on an interior bottom surface of the charging dock and configured to connect with a second electrical interface disposed on a bottom surface of a battery for a micromobility transit vehicle when the battery is placed in the charging dock; and
a plurality of battery chargers respectively installed into the plurality of charging docks disposed in the first drawer, wherein the first electrical interface of each charging dock is connected to a respective battery charger that is installed into the charging dock, wherein each battery charger comprises a stored charge, and wherein when the battery is placed in the charging dock such that the first electrical interface of the charging dock is connected to the second electrical interface disposed on the bottom surface of the battery, the stored charge of the respective battery charger associated with the charging dock is configured to charge the battery.