Rivian has filed a patent software for an in-bed storage system for its electrical vehicles.
In a patent software printed by the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) on April 6 (and initially filed Oct. 5, 2021) Rivian particulars storage bins constructed into the perimeters of a pickup’s mattress. The system is much like the Ram Field system supplied on Ram vehicles for a number of years now and slated for the 2025 Ram 1500 REV, the model’s first all-electric mannequin.
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Ram Containers are literal containers constructed into the mattress sides, however Rivian goes for one thing a bit extra elaborate. The patent software describes whole exterior mattress panels that fold down, which, in a single configuration, reveals a number of storage compartments. Accompanying drawings additionally present cutouts on both facet of the mattress for longer objects, like an uncovered model of the Gear Tunnel storage compartment situated behind the cab in Rivian R1T pickups.
This setup could possibly be used for greater than storage, the appliance suggests. The fold-out panels might function seating, simply as tailgates do when tenting or partying in a stadium parking zone. A fold-out desk may be included, Rivian suggests within the software, which looks as if an excellent addition to the slide-out camp kitchen the corporate has proven for the R1T.
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Rivian has floated just a few different concepts for wringing extra utility out of its electrical vehicles. Earlier patent purposes confirmed telescoping and folding tailgates, in addition to a tailgate step. Common Motors, in the meantime, just lately filed a trademark software for a Multistow tailgate, hinting that it is planning to include some storage into the tailgate as effectively. Ram appears content material with its Ram Containers, which have been proven in pretty-much-unchanged kind on the Ram 1500 REV on the 2023 New York auto present.
If Rivian decides to place its personal mattress storage system into manufacturing, it is unclear if will probably be integrated into the present R1T or next-generation automobiles based mostly on the corporate’s R2 platform, which is anticipated to launch in 2026.
