ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,009, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).
"Control method for an electric road vehicle and related road vehicle" was invented by Antonio Palermo (Modena, Italy), Jacopo Canestri (Modena, Italy) and Stefano Varisco (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Control method for an electric road vehicle comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of virtual gears, each of which determines a respective torque limit profile deliverable by the power train system to the wheels as the velocity varies; detecting, upon actuation of an interface system by the driver, while driving, a selection for one of the virt...