US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on March 24 for "Synchronized lighting for electric vehicles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,382, issued on March 24, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Synchronized lighting for electric vehicles" was invented by Eric Ross Baker Wood (Menlo Park, Calif.), Christopher Marshall Jacobs (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Nicholas Kalayjian (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for synchronizing charge status lights between electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging stations are provided. One method includes establishing a communication link between a charging station control system and an electric vehicle coupled to a charging station. The method further includes receiving, from the ...