ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,831, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Structural battery cells and packs" was invented by Prajanya Sunil Kendrekar (San Jose, Calif.), Susheel Teja Gogineni (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Victor Ken Prajapati (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell can include a body that defines a first open area, a second open area, and a first side. The first side can include a first opening. The battery cell can include a first enclosure member that can couple with the body at the first open area. The battery cell can include a second enclosure member that can couple with the body at the s...