ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,245, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Object-shifting mechanism, control system for object-shifting mechanism, and methods of manufacturing and using the same" was invented by Parth Shaileshbhai Shah (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Francisco Javier Gutierrez Marines (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Rajinder Pal Singh (Plymouth, Mich.) and Gulshan Dileep Raghani (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Object-shifting mechanisms, control systems for object-shifting mechanisms, and methods of manufacturing, assembling, and using the same. The object-shifting mechanism can include a base,...