ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,255, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Tongya (Shandong) Automobile Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Jinan, China).

"Urea tank and fuel tank assembly" was invented by Qingkai Zhu (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a urea tank and fuel tank assembly, which belongs to the field of automobile parts. The urea tank and fuel tank assembly includes a shell, wherein the shell includes an upper shell, a middle shell and a lower shell, the upper shell, the middle shell and the lower shell are welded separately to form a cavity including a fuel cavity. The urea tank and fuel tank assembly is welded after injection molding, s...