ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,331, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Vehicle HVAC drying mode" was invented by Graham Lloyd Feltham (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for implementing a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and processing circuitry configured to determine to enter a drying mode, retrieve a parameter of the HVAC system for the drying mode, and cause the HVAC system to activate the drying mode to direct thermal energy to a particular portion of the vehicle based on the retrieved parameter."
The patent was filed on July 15, 2022, under Applicat...