ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,375, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Wiring member including a connector housing containing a filling member" was invented by Daisuke Ebata (Mie, Japan), Takuya Kaba (Mie, Japan), Masaki Mizushita (Mie, Japan), Tetsuya Nishimura (Mie, Japan), Yusuke Mitani (Mie, Japan) and Itsuo Wakabayashi (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring member includes: a connector housing including at least one housing body, with an opening in one main surface and a housing groove concaved toward another main surface, and a cover attached to the housing body; ...