ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,815, issued on March 11, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Wiring body with assembly assisting component, assembly assisting component of wiring body, and method of manufacturing wiring body assembly" was invented by Tetsuya Nishimura (Mie, Japan) and Housei Mizuno (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring body with assembly assisting component includes a wiring body and an assembly assisting component. The wiring body includes a wiring component (for example, an electrical wiring). The wiring body is...