ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,011, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Driving engine for vehicles" was invented by Michele Di Sacco (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving engine for vehicles has at least two cylinders aligned with one another and engaged by respective pistons in a sliding manner, each of which is connected with a crankshaft by means of the interposition of a connecting rod, and is delimited by a free face having a first width, measured parallel to a rotation axis of the crankshaft, smaller than a second width measured transverse to the first width."

The patent was filed on Aug. 27, 2024, under ...