US Patent Issued to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Nov. 18 for "Wiring module with segmented-rigid member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,888, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Wiring module with segmented-rigid member" was invented by Kosuke Sone (Osaka, Japan), Takuya Taniguchi (Osaka, Japan) and Ai Takehisa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to facilitate incorporation of a wiring module into a vehicle. A wiring module includes: a sheet-shaped member that extends in a planar shape relative to a mounting target portion of a vehicle; a transmission member held by the sheet-shaped member; and a rigid membe...