ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,395, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Italy).

"Motor vehicle provided with a sound generation aerodynamic apparatus" was invented by Stefano Izzo (Modena, Italy), Antonio Palermo (Modena, Italy) and Marco Ballatore (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle comprising a sound emitting instrument for emitting sound comprising an aerophone instrument is disclosed. The aerophone instrument is arranged so as to be constantly invested by an aerodynamic flow corresponding to a forward motion of the motor vehicle, whereby the aerophone instrument is configured to emit at least part of said sound passively ...