US Patent Issued to BYD on Oct. 20 for "Electric drive assembly, four-wheel drive system, and vehicle" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,936, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Electric drive assembly, four-wheel drive system, and vehicle" was invented by Dongsheng Yang (Shenzhen, China), Shenglin Yang (Shenzhen, China), Yuan Gao (Shenzhen, China), Xiaosong Zou (Shenzhen, China) and Jinpeng Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive assembly has a first wheel drive assembly and a second wheel drive assembly. The first wheel drive assembly includes a first motor, a first gear reduction mechanism, and a first disengaging mechanism. When the first disengaging mechanism is switched to an engagement position of the...