ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,023, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Aurobay (Ningbo) Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China), AUROBAY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China) and ZHEJIANG GEELY HOLDING GROUP Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and engine start-stop control method and device thereof" was invented by Yiqiang Liu (Hangzhou, China), Junchao Jing (Hangzhou, China), Jie Wu (Hangzhou, China), Yongjian Wang (Hangzhou, China), Wensong Guo (Hangzhou, China), Bing Hui (Hangzhou, China), Ruiping Wang (Hangzhou, China) and Ingo Scholten (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine start-stop control method and device for a...