ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,108, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Electric vehicle battery pack having longitudinal reinforcements" was invented by Ajay Korada (Lake Orion, Mich.), Vignesh Sekar (Canton, Mich.), Randy R. Frank (Dearborn, Mich.) and Piyush Khater (Canton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle battery pack with a reinforced cover to better support vehicle cabin loads such as seat submerge loads, seat pitch loads, and the like. The cover has a number of reinforcing members affixed thereto and positioned over cross members of the battery pack frame. Loads imposed by the cabin are thus t...