US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on July 1 for "Gear trench for storing equipment and gear in a vehicle" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,196, issued on July 1, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Gear trench for storing equipment and gear in a vehicle" was invented by Jonathan David Salerno (Newport, Calif.), Luke James Mack (Newport Beach, Calif.), Roman Mistiuk (Westland, Mich.) and Soyoung Park (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a storage trench having a bottom surface and side surfaces. The bottom surface is recessed relative to a floor of the vehicle, a first side surface extends upwards from the bottom surface to the floor on a first side of the trench, and a second side surface extends upwards from the bottom ...