US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Sept. 9 for "Door having integrated opening and closing mechanisms" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,641, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Door having integrated opening and closing mechanisms" was invented by Rajeev Kumar Singh (Dublin, Ohio) and Stephen Paul Jones (Commerce Charter Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Door configurations having integrated mechanisms for opening and releasing for closure, with elements of these mechanisms located on or largely on the body of the door itself. In some embodiments of the disclosure, a door has a handle and two release mechanisms coupled thereto, one of which releases a lock and allows the door to open, and the other of which relea...