ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,105, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Modular microcontroller architecture" was invented by Joshua Bayer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kevin Dean Kline (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular control system is provided. The system can include a modular control system configured to connect to a vehicle control system of a base vehicle. The modular control system can include a main body controller connected, via a first link, with the vehicle control system. The modular control system can include a display controller connected with the main body controller. The main body co...