US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on March 31 for "Side turn indicator integrated with a fender of a vehicle" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,688, issued on March 31, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Side turn indicator integrated with a fender of a vehicle" was invented by Simon Baker (Basingstoke, Great Britain), Timothy Beaven (Bicester, Great Britain), Siobhan Marie Casey (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Jonathan James Szczupak (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle fenders for vehicles include a side turn indicator. A vehicle fender may include a recess portion, and the side turn indicator, including a light source, may be disposed in the recessed portion. The vehicle fender may hide, or otherwise obscure, the light source w...