US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on June 3 for "Integrated disconnect for drive unit" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,396, issued on June 3, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Integrated disconnect for drive unit" was invented by Mason Verbridge (Canton, Mich.), George Zalanca (Windsor, Canada) and Cameron P. Williams (Dexter, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are presented herein for providing an integrated disconnect. The integrated disconnect may be used within a drive unit. The integrated disconnect comprises an output gear having a cavity. A torque transfer adapter is arranged within the cavity. A clutch body is also arranged within the cavity. The clutch is actuatable through the output gear by an a...