ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,327, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Elevated vehicle charge cable system" was invented by Walter Randall Goddard (Novi, Mich.), David Day Lee (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Jeffrey Wei Doong (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Marinus Jacobus Adrianus Kerstens (Mountain Lakes, N.J.), Ronald A. D'Arcangelo (Florham Park, N.J.) and Brady Hyrum Nielsen (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses disclosed herein are, in some example approaches, directed to a charging system for a fleet of vehicles. The charging system may include a gantry structure and a plurality of electrical charging devi...