ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,475, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Method to control a road vehicle with rear steering wheels" was invented by Alessandro Flumeri (Modena, Italy) and Fabrizio Vasta (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to control a road vehicle with rear steering wheels and having, while driving along a curve, the steps of: determining a desired steering angle for the rear wheels; comparing the desired steering angle with a threshold value; applying, while driving along a curve and if the desired steering angle is greater than the threshold value, to both rear wheels a same actual steering angle...