ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,517, issued on June 16, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).

"Vehicle quarter-panel window assembly" was invented by Mark Edward Ginnard (Irvine, Calif.), Joseph Brown (Northville, Mich.) and Jeremy Peter Green (Wiltshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Particular embodiments may provide a vehicle window assembly that includes a window pane, a latch, and a mount. The window pane is, in some embodiments, moveable to a closed position, a vented position, and an open position. The latch is, in some embodiments, coupled to a first edge of the window pane. In some embodiments, the mount is rotatably coup...