ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,858, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).
"Four-wheel drive car" was invented by Fabrizio Favaretto (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Car having: a first axle having two first drive wheels; a second axle having two second drive wheels; an internal combustion engine provided with a drive shaft; a transmission shaft configured to transmit the motion from the internal combustion engine to the first wheels; a gearbox provided with at least one primary shaft, which receives the motion from a drive shaft, and with at least one secondary shaft; a first epicyclic differential, which receives the mo...