ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,941, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Car provided with an internal combustion engine and with a dual-clutch transmission" was invented by Fabrizio Favaretto (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A car having: two front wheels; two rear drive wheels; an internal combustion engine which is provided with a plurality of cylinders within which respective pistons slide and a drive shaft connected to the pistons; a transmission which is interposed between the internal combustion engine and the rear drive wheels and a containing body which contains the transmission therein and has a tapered shape t...