ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,464, issued on July 14, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Vehicle body frame and vehicle with same" was invented by Yi Quan (Shenzhen, China), Hao Zhong (Shenzhen, China), Junfei Yan (Shenzhen, China), Yu Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Tengyong Liu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body frame includes: a front transverse beam, a first front longitudinal beam, and a second front longitudinal beam. The first front longitudinal beam and the second front longitudinal beam are disposed at an interval along a left-and-right direction, each of the first front longitudinal beam and the second front longitud...