US 12,132,218 B2
Structural module
Atul Arun Sonawane, Irvine, CA (US); Piyush Khater, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Adam Ballard, Corona, CA (US); and Sharbel elKantati, Leamington (CA)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,347.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/477,603, filed on Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0222773 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 50/249 (2021.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01)
CPC H01M 50/249 (2021.01) [B60R 16/04 (2013.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first wall coupled with a first energy storage device;
a second wall coupled with a second energy storage device, the first wall separate from and spaced apart from the second wall;
a cover coupled with the first wall and the second wall via a bracket;
a plate coupled with the first wall and the second wall, the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device enclosed at least partially by the cover and the plate; and
the first wall comprising a top flange and a bottom flange, the top flange coupled with the cover via a mechanical fastener and the bottom flange coupled with the plate via an adhesive.