ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,343, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Oil warming system and method for an electric motor" was invented by Dang Dinh Dang (Garden Grove, Calif.) and Venkata Harish Kunatharaju (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various disclosed embodiments include oil warming systems, electric motors, and vehicles. In an illustrative embodiment a system includes an oil reservoir, a motor stator, and an oil pump. The oil reservoir is configured to hold oil therein. The motor stator is positioned such that at least a portion thereof is positioned within the oil reservoir where the at least the port...