ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,951, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).
"Steering column for road vehicles" was invented by Lorenzo Schiro' (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering column for road vehicles having a steering shaft; a transmission shaft, which is housed in the steering shaft, is provided with a steering wheel and has an upper segment, which projects out of, and is coupled in a rotary and axially sliding manner to an upper post of the steering shaft; and a covering device to cover at least part of the upper post of the steering shaft with at least two sleeves, which are connected one to a dashboard of a ro...