ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,928, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and power system thereof" was invented by Dongsheng Yang (Shenzhen, China), Chunsheng Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Yunhui Bai (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses a hybrid power automobile and a power system thereof. The power system includes: an engine, where the engine outputs power to wheels of the hybrid power automobile through a clutch; a power motor, where the power motor is configured to output a drive force to the wheels of the hybrid power automobile; a power battery, where the power battery i...