ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,744, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Isolation bushings with conforming multi-part covers" was invented by Christopher Hewett (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Christophe Sartiaux (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolator includes multiple lobes that increase the overall volume of the material used to form the isolator. The isolator may be enclosed by several covers used to constrain the isolator and allow for the additional material provided by the lobes. An assembly of the isolator and the covers may be secured to an object (e.g., a drive unit or subframe) using r...