ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,347, issued on March 18, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Configurable battery pack" was invented by Ryan Arens (Irvine, Calif.), Brandon Thayer (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Casey Taylor Dunn (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Kyle Butterfield (Ladera Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a configurable battery pack. The configurable battery pack may include an enclosure that is formed from housing structures that can be selectively chosen to form an enclosure of various sizes, for enclosing various numbers of battery modules and/or battery cells."
The patent was filed on Dec...