ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,309, 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).

"Wire harness and wire harness fixing structure" was invented by Masami Ono (Mie, Japan), Satoshi Yamamoto (Mie, Japan) and Kaho Hayashi (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness 10 that is configured to be attached to a frame 18 disposed under a vehicle seat 12 includes a sheet member 40 attached to the frame 18 and a wire 14 fixed to the sheet member 40."

The patent was filed on Oct. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/772,989.

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