ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,852, issued on June 10, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Contactor apparatus" was invented by Edward Djrbashian (Glendale, Calif.), Brandon Thayer (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Jonathan Wilson (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus can include a housing, a first contactor portion, a heat sink, and a second contactor portion. The first contactor portion can be coupled with the housing. The heat sink can be coupled with the housing. The second contactor portion can contact the first contactor portion in a first position. The second contact or portion can thermally couple with a heatsink in a ...