ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,786, issued on March 11, was assigned to DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Okazaki, Japan).

"Connector mounting member" was invented by Kazuhisa Hirota (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a connector mounting member that can be fixed to a vehicle body so as to generate no abnormal sound and that can stably hold various kinds of connectors. The connector mounting member includes a holding portion configured to hold a connector attached to an end of a long wire portion; and a mounting portion configured to mount the connector mounting member to a predetermined counterpart component. The holding portion includes a f...