ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,158, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Door wiring module and composite service hole cover" was invented by Housei Mizuno (Osaka, Japan), Koji Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan), Makoto Higashikozono (Osaka, Japan), Junichi Shirakawa (Mie, Japan) and Satoru Aoi (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door wiring module includes a service hole cover having a main surface with a groove, at least one wiring member housed in the groove, and a wiring cover covering an opening of the groove. A first atta...