ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,302, issued on April 15, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Powertrain and vehicle including same" was invented by Guangquan Chen (Shenzhen, China), Chunlei Liu (Shenzhen, China), Bing Li (Shenzhen, China) and Xin Wen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powertrain includes an electric motor; a transmission mounted to the electric motor; and a controller mounted to at least one of the electric motor and the transmission and electrically connected to the electric motor. The controller, the transmission, and the electric motor are integrated together. The controller includes a controller body, a controller sup...