US Patent Issued to Rivian IP Holdings on Sept. 22 for "Cover systems" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,520, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Cover systems" was invented by Randall R. Frank (Northville, Mich.), Daniel Patrick Moll (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Greg Witten (Charlbury, Great Britain), Michael Jocz (Novi, Mich.), Amir Mohammadi Nasab (Irvine, Calif.), Bhushan Nagarajan (Tustin, Calif.), Shakshi Himmatramka (Irvine, Calif.), Molly Hurley (Irvine, Calif.) and Saxon Aden (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure relate to tonneau covers include spring assemblies that facilitate loading and unloading of panels linearly and with high stability. Such ...