ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,951, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Shielding member and wire harness" was invented by Takeshi Shimizu (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shield including: a plurality of insulating filaments that extend in an X direction; and a plurality of conductive filaments that extend in a Y direction intersecting the X direction and are interknitted with the plurality of insulating filaments, wherein the plurality of insulating filaments includes: a first pair of insulating filaments th...