ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,156, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Sealing system and method for exterior mirror" was invented by Hunter May (Columbus, Ohio), Timothy J. Rupp (Dublin, Ohio), Babuji K. Tamarapoo (Powell, Ohio) and Hirofumi Takemoto (Dublin, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing system and method for a mirror assembly of a vehicle is provided. The mirror assembly includes a wire harness and a gasket. A foam sheath is used to cover a portion of the wire harness, which is then routed through the gasket. This foam sheath is configured to fill any void between the wire harness and gasket. In some embodiments, a...