US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Oct. 27 for "Driver scoring platform" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,999, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Driver scoring platform" was invented by Philippe Herrou (Aptos, Calif.), Christopher R. Conklin (San Francisco) and Parker Richard Williams (Claremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for correlating driving behavior to wear on a vehicle may include identifying a driver of the vehicle and receiving signals generated by a number of sensors built into specific locations on the vehicle. The method may include determining a driving pattern associated with the driver, assessing wear on the vehicle due to one or more wear mechanisms, identifyi...