ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,004, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Seat surface temperature control" was invented by Paulo Paes (Irvine, Calif.), Amr Mohamed Zedan (Irvine, Calif.), Dewashish Prashad (Irvine, Calif.) and Ajay Panekkad (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes one or more processors, coupled with memory, to receive, from a first sensor in a vehicle, temperature information. The one or more processors can identify a parameter of a device that provides airflow for a seat of the vehicle. The one or more processors can determine, via a model based on the temperature information...