ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,041, issued on March 18, was assigned to FERRARI S.p.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Vehicle with movable driver's station" was invented by Fabrizio Favaretto (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprising a body, a seat assembly comprising, in turn, a seat for a driver, and a guide coupled to the body and to the seat assembly so as to constrain the seat assembly relative to the body allowing for a translation movement of the seat assembly along a moving direction, characterized in that the moving direction is lateral relative to a driving direction of the vehicle."

The patent was filed on July 27, 2023, under Application ...