US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on April 22 for "Insulated electric wire, wire harness, and insulated electric wire production method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,403, issued on April 22, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Insulated electric wire, wire harness, and insulated electric wire production method" was invented by Kenichiro Araki (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Toyoki Furukawa (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulated electric wire includes: an exposed portion and a covered portion including the insulation covering, and further includes a water-stopping portion wherein a water-stopping agent is placed over the exposed portion, and part of the covered por...