ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,725, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Wire harness" was invented by Tatsuro Sakai (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wire harness that can easily bend along a routing path. A wire harness (10) comprises: two electric wires (20) each having a core wire (21) and an insulating coating part (22) that coats the outer periphery of the core wire (21); and a joining part (23) that joins the coating parts (22) with each other in a condition ...