ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,031, issued on April 21, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).
"Method to control an electric road vehicle" was invented by Stefano Varisco (Modena, Italy), Andrea Nannini (Modena, Italy), Daniele Genova (Modena, Italy), Jacopo Canestri (Modena, Italy), Lorenzo Laraia (Modena, Italy) and Alessandro Barone (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method to control an electric road vehicle having the steps of: detecting a position of an accelerator pedal; detecting an activation of an upshift control and of a downshift control; establishing a plurality of virtual gears, each capable of being selected by acting upon the ...