ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,067, issued on April 29, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Energy management module including an enclosure providing structural support in a vehicle" was invented by Christian Nault (Los Angeles), Jason Huang (Irvine, Calif.) and Madeline Kay Dippel (San Pedro, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are embodiments generally directed to an energy management module (EMM) that comprises an enclosure that provides structural support in a vehicle, such as an electric vehicle. The EMM can serve both as (1) an enclosure storing an EMM assembly and (2) a structural support member between a chassis and at leas...