ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,173, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Italy).
"Gearshift lever assembly with magnetic feeling for a motor vehicle" was invented by Tommaso Carditello (Modena, Italy) and Jean Paul Sultana (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearshift lever assembly includes a support base, a lever body coupled to the support base in a movable manner along a path comprising a plurality of predetermined positions relative to the support base, a first magnet fixed with respect to the lever body and having a first magnetic pole, and at least one corresponding second magnet for each one of said predetermined positions, the se...