US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Sept. 16 for "Adaptive accessory control in a vehicle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,470, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Adaptive accessory control in a vehicle" was invented by Erik Robert Glaser (San Mateo, Calif.), Ryan Benedict (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Ashkan Hadian (Granada Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for adaptive accessory control in a vehicle. In certain embodiments, a system for adaptive accessory control in a vehicle includes a dock coupled to the vehicle and a vehicle control system communicably coupled to the dock. The dock includes a connection interface configured to rece...