Rivian has published a patent for a wall-mounted electronics unit that would allow its EVs to power a home, according to a filing published Thursday by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Titled “Systems and Methods for Providing an Electronics Housing with Wireless Coverage in Opposite Directions,” the patent was published on Thursday, as first reported by the Rivian owner and X user Chris Hilbert (@Hilbe).
The patent describes a wall-mounted enclosure containing the power electronics, heat sinks, and control boards needed to manage two-way energy flow between the EV and the home.
Rivian described in the abstract of the patent a housing with “a bottom and a side that at least partially form a cavity having an opening,” with the two antennas positioned so that “a first signal passing in a first direction is capable of being received at the second antenna without passing through the electronics housing.”
Figures illustrate two power-flow scenarios labelled “Grid charge Vehicle” and “Vehicle Power Home”, but also the full assembled unit as a wall-mounted rectangular enclosure.
A Crowded V2H Field
Rivian would be entering a vehicle-to-home segment that several established automakers have already staked out in North America.
Ford was the first high-volume entrant, with the F-150 Lightning supporting bidirectional power as standard via the Ford Charge Station Pro and a Home Integration System developed with Sunrun.
General Motors has made V2H available across its full Ultium-based portfolio for the 2026 model year — spanning the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC Sierra EV, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Chevrolet Equinox EV, Cadillac Lyriq, and Cadillac Escalade IQ — managed through the GM Energy ecosystem.
Kia launched V2H support for the EV9 in select US states a year ago, partnering with the Wallbox Quasar 2 bidirectional charger.Â
Tesla has enabled V2H on the Cybertruck under its Powershare branding. Volvo‘s EX90 and Hyundai‘s Ioniq 9 are among other recent additions to the list.
Other Recent Patens
Earlier this month, the USPTO granted Rivian a rear-lighting patent whose illustrations depicted a drop-down tailgate on the upcoming R3 crossover — a configuration the company has not yet confirmed for the model.
The same day, the USPTO disclosed a second Rivian patent outlining a fail-safe braking architecture for autonomous vehicles, designed to bring a driverless vehicle to a controlled stop using the existing electronic parking brake if the primary brakes fail.
Bidirectional charging has been a recurring theme in Rivian‘s product roadmap, with the R1 platform engineered to support vehicle-to-load capability and vehicle-to-home flagged as a subsequent step.
Rivian has not indicated when V2H-enabled hardware would enter production, nor disclosed whether the system would debut on the R1 platform, the R2, or both.
The company began volume and saleable production of the R2 at its Normal, Illinois, plant on Wednesday.
