ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,132, issued on June 3, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Vehicle-mounted power supply apparatus and vehicle having same" was invented by Bin Wu (Shenzhen, China), Baochuan Long (Shenzhen, China), Lianjun Du (Shenzhen, China), Shulin Liang (Shenzhen, China) and Chao Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-mounted power supply apparatus includes a housing, a magnetic device, and a shielding component. The housing includes a mounting position, a magnetic device includes an integrated part disposed at the mounting position, and a shielding component is disposed in the housing and surrounds a periphery...