US Patent Issued to FERRARI on Dec. 2 for "Wheel device with integrated electric motor for a motor vehicle" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,742, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Wheel device with integrated electric motor for a motor vehicle" was invented by Isabel Ramirez Ruiz (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel device for a motor vehicle includes a rim having an axis and an outer surface defining a seat for mounting a tire, a wheel hub arranged about the axis inside the rim and suitable to be coupled to a suspension of the motor vehicle, an electric motor comprising a stator arranged coaxially with the wheel hub in a fixed position with respect to the wheel hub and a rotor configured to magnetically interact with the s...