US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Aug. 12 for "Structure for managing loads during an impact event" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,312, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Structure for managing loads during an impact event" was invented by Anish Shah (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Akshat Chauhan (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for managing wheel kinematics during a small overlap collision event includes a deflector apparatus. The deflector is configured to direct a wheel away from an occupant compartment of a vehicle. The deflector includes a first section arranged at an inside wall of a wheel well facing a wheel, near the base of a hinge-pillar. The first section includes a hollow structure configured to...