ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,328, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Motor vehicle with rear frame assembly having a central crash box" was invented by Daniele Testa (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle has a forward moving direction, a rear frame having a front end and a rear end according to the forward moving direction, a driving unit comprising an engine and a gearbox, elastic suspension devices which couple the driving unit to the rear frame in an elastically oscillating manner relative to the rear frame around an equilibrium position, and a crash body for absorbing a rear crash along the forward mov...