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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Ferrari S.p.a., Modena, IT;
Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eugene Whang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Bataillou, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anthony Ashcroft, San Francisco, CA (US);
Suhang Zhou, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benoit Louzaouen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jemima Kiss, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wan Si Wan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Biotz Natera, San Francisco, CA (US);
James McGrath, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roger Guyett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Luxton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Matas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick Kessler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrizio Moruzzi, Modena, IT;
Gianluca Fumarola, Modena, IT;
Vito Conigliaro, Modena, IT;
FERRARI S.P.A., Modena, IT;
Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and an activation device operable to cause the motor vehicle to switch to an activation state, in which the motor vehicle becomes responsive to one or more specific commands of a driver, characterized in that the steering wheel comprises a transparent portion and a light emission device configured to light the transparent portion when the motor vehicle switches to the activation state by the activation device.