ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,741, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CHERY AUTOMOBILE Co. LTD. (Wuhu, China).

"Gearbox and vehicle" was invented by Yanyan Han (Wuhu, China), Zhiguang Zhou (Wuhu, China), Yuanlong Ye (Wuhu, China), Shenglin Gan (Wuhu, China) and Qixin Dong (Wuhu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a gearbox. The gearbox includes: a casing, a differential gear, and an oil reservoir; wherein the differential gear and the oil reservoir are disposed within the casing, and the oil reservoir is disposed above the differential gear; and the oil reservoir has an open end and a closed end opposite to the open end, wherein the open end is away...