US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Nov. 18 for "Battery cell with supplemental current collectors" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,258, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Battery cell with supplemental current collectors" was invented by Meng Wang (Pleasanton, Calif.), Debaditya Biswas (San Jose, Calif.), Daniel Matthew Davies (San Francisco) and Kenton Robert Harris (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure relate to battery cells having an electrode roll, and one or more current collectors at one or more ends of the electrode roll. Tabs extending from electrodes of the electrode roll at an end of the electrode roll may be folded into contact with the current collector at that e...