US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Aug. 26 for "Vehicle with compartment and drawer accessible from exterior of vehicle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,714, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC.

"Vehicle with compartment and drawer accessible from exterior of vehicle" was invented by Aditya Desai (Irvine, Calif.), Philip Samuel Tompkins (Irvine, Calif.), Darshan Satish Aher (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Daniel Adam Beverley (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for a vehicle. The vehicle can include a compartment. The vehicle can include an apparatus disposed within the compartment. The apparatus can include a drawer configured to open through transportation out of the compartment."

The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 20...