ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,954, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).
"Optimized battery assembly venting" was invented by Daniel Alfredo Hernandez Saab (Irvine, Calif.), Bruce Philip Edwards (Menlo Park, Calif.), Kyle Butterfield (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Vignesh Sekar (Westland, Mich.) and David John Revolinski (Dana Point, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided to vent a battery pack for an electric vehicle. The battery pack comprises a pack housing subdivided by a crossmember. The crossmember defines a multidirectional vent passage configured to allow venting with a first bay and a secon...