ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,291, issued on June 3, was assigned to FERRARI S.p.A. (Modena, Italy).
"Car provided with an internal combustion engine in which the pumps are operated by the camshafts" was invented by Fabrizio Favaretto (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A car having: two front wheels; two rear wheels; an internal combustion engine, which is provided with: a plurality of cylinders, where respective pistons slide on the inside, a drive shaft connected to the pistons, a plurality of intake valves and of exhaust valves operated by respective camshafts, and a cylinder head, where the camshafts are arranged; at least one lubrication pump confi...