US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Sept. 22 for "Battery module cell carrier and method of assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,272, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Battery module cell carrier and method of assembly" was invented by Tyler Jacobs (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Kyle Butterfield (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and Chad Jackson Hardgrove (Tustin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell carrier for a battery module, a battery module including the cell carrier, and a method of assembling a battery module are provided. The cell carrier includes a multi-sided base. The multi-sided base includes a plurality of through-holes arranged in a predetermined pattern. Each through-hole includes an inner sidewall configured...