US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on March 18 for "Electric vehicle battery pack cover having composite structure" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,919, issued on March 18, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Electric vehicle battery pack cover having composite structure" was invented by Nathaniel C. Wynn (Tustin, Calif.), Tyler Collins (Irvine, Calif.), Kyle Butterfield (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Kai Yamamoto (Irvine, Calif.) and Vignesh Sekar (Westland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle battery pack cover with a fiber reinforced multiple-ply composite body whose bottom surface is coated with a high-hardness, high-melting point, and fire- and abrasion-resistant coating. The coating can be any one or more materials that provi...