US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on June 30 for "Releasable attachment for a lamp in a vehicle" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,171, issued on June 30, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Releasable attachment for a lamp in a vehicle" was invented by Baha Jehad Husni El Far (Irvine, Calif.), Stephen Kowal (Allen Park, Mich.) and Curtis Mcnamara (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus secured to a lamp of a vehicle is designed to release the lamp upon impact to the lamp. The apparatus may secure with a lamp housing as well as with a front end module of a vehicle. The apparatus may include a fastener that secures with the lamp housing. When the lamp is impacted, the fastener may shear (e.g., break), thus allowing displa...