US 12,291,296 B2
Cycle management system with locking mechanism
Raphaël Assénat, Quebec (CA); and Jean-Sébastien Bettez, Hudson (CA)
Assigned to Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Lyft, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/405,993.
Application 18/405,993 is a continuation of application No. 16/918,991, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,866,109.
Application 16/918,991 is a continuation of application No. 15/230,195, filed on Aug. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,723,399, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/201,544, filed on Aug. 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217605 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B62H 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62H 3/00 (2013.01) [B62H 2003/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking mechanism for locking a connecting member secured to a movable object, comprising:
a locking receptacle having an opening with sloped walls leading into a slot configured to receive and guide the connecting member into a predetermined position as the connecting member is pushed into the locking receptacle along a direction of docking of the movable object;
a movable member positioned in the locking receptacle and configured to rotate to secure the connecting member in response to the connecting member being received by the locking receptacle; and
a locking member configured to switch between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking member comprising a lock side and an unlock side, the unlock side formed on an eccentric portion of the locking member and comprising a cutout,
wherein, corresponding to the unlocked position of the locking member, the cutout of the unlock side of the locking member is disposed such that a first portion of the movable member is permitted to rotate through the cutout past the eccentric portion, and
wherein the cutout is configured such that moving the locking member from the unlocked position to the locked position urges the movable member into a lockable position.