ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,215, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Thermal control for battery packs" was invented by Brandon Thayer (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Ryan Arens (Irvine, Calif.), Tripur Udhav Mahajan (Irvine, Calif.) and Ryan Michael Norris (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to thermal management aspects of a battery pack. A casted front member of a battery pack enclosure may facilitate cooling of a high voltage distribution box (HVDB) within a cavity of the casted front member. Cooling of other electrical components, such as a busbar can also be provided. Cooli...