US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on May 13 for "Wiring module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,763, issued on May 13, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Wiring module" was invented by Koji Yamaguchi (Mie, Japan) and Hirokazu Komori (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One object is to provide a technology that can increase the versatility of a wiring module in which a grommet is provided in a wiring member. The wiring module includes a wiring member connecting a vehicle body and a door panel, and a grommet attached to the wiring member. The grommet includes a base portion fixed at a certain position ...