US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Oct. 28 for "Decoupling jounce loads and torsion loads in twist beam axles" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,163, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Decoupling jounce loads and torsion loads in twist beam axles" was invented by Timothy Peter Bailey (Yockleton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an axle with an apparatus that includes a first cylinder, a bearing and a second cylinder positioned around the first cylinder and coaxial with the first cylinder. The bearing is positioned between the first and second cylinders, and the first and second cylinders rotate relatively about an axis and are fixed in a direction of the axis."

The patent was filed on Dec. 28, 2022, und...