ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,215, issued on April 29, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Wear mitigation routing platform" was invented by Philippe Herrou (Aptos, Calif.), Christopher R. Conklin (San Francisco) and Parker Richard Williams (Claremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assessing driving routes to mitigate wear on a vehicle may include determining a driving route traversed by a vehicle, the driving route including an origin and a destination. The method may include receiving signals generated by a number of sensors built into specific locations on the vehicle, the sensors including at least one vibration senso...