ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,217, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Italy).

"Motor vehicle with active suspensions and control method of the motor vehicle" was invented by Federico Favalli (Modena, Italy), Andrea Fuso (Modena, Italy), Francesca Mincigrucci (Modena, Italy) and Jacopo Canestri (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle comprises a suspended mass comprising a body, an unsprung mass comprising a plurality of wheels to allow the motor vehicle to move forward on a road, an active suspension assembly configured to suspend the suspended mass relative to the unsprung mass and controllable to move the suspended mass rel...