US Patent Issued to FERRARI on Nov. 3 for "Cockpit for a motor vehicle and method for the reconfiguration of a cockpit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,061, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Cockpit for a motor vehicle and method for the reconfiguration of a cockpit" was invented by Vito Conigliaro (Modena, Italy), Alessandro Paolo De Paoli (Modena, Italy), Thomas Granjard (Modena, Italy) and Daniel Martin Taylor (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cockpit for a motor vehicle is described, comprising: a first seat comprising a first seat cushion and a first backrest; and a second seat comprising a second seat cushion and a second backrest; the cockpit can be shifted into a two-seater configuration, in which the first seat is in a first pos...