US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on March 31 for "Charge coupler" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,664, issued on March 31, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Charge coupler" was invented by Nasser Noormohammadi (Long Beach, Calif.), Kevin Sze (Portland, Ore.), Tyler Jay Erikson (Torrance, Calif.), Travis Elliot Stewart (Carson, Calif.), Alexander Michael Kwan (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Kyle Robert Underhill (Los Angeles), Kush Upreti (Irvine, Calif.), Ellen Marie Hilgersom (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Robin John Moore (Colchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge coupler with integrated electrical and mechanical disconnect switching can include a first member. A charging coupler can include ...