ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,196, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Shielded electrically conductive path" was invented by Kazuaki Hamada (Mie, Japan), Yusuke Kojima (Mie, Japan) and Atsushi Murata (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is aimed to reduce a diameter. A shielded electrically conductive path is provided with a shielded cable configured such that a core wire is surrounded with a shield layer, and a shield terminal including an inner conductor to be connected to the core wire and an outer conductor for...