US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Jan. 13 for "Operating dual closures utilizing a common system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,055, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Operating dual closures utilizing a common system" was invented by Travis James Lonas (Foothill Ranch, Calif.), Nicholas Kalayjian (Redwood City, Calif.), Thorsten Luedtke (Orange, Calif.), Jacob Wasser (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Marcus Edward Merideth (Irvine, Calif.), Geoffrey Young (Pasadena, Calif.), Hao Sun (Tustin, Calif.), Richard Sukhdeo (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Phillip Whitton (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for actuating closures of a vehicle includes drive units and latches. The drive units may couple to one of the clos...