US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on May 5 for "Battery module mid plane crossmember mount" (California, Ohio, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,666, issued on May 5, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Battery module mid plane crossmember mount" was invented by Brandon Thayer (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Ryan Arens (Hilliard, Ohio), Bruce Edwards (Menlo Park, Calif.), Kyle Butterfield (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Manjot Kalkat (Tustin, Calif.), Mandar Vaidya (Farmington, Mich.), Tripur Mahajan (Westerville, Ohio), Alen Antony (Irvine, Calif.) and Daniel Heibel (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that can define at least one compartment in a battery pack to receive a battery module is disclosed. The apparatus can include a first member tha...