ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,027, issued on April 15, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Wiring member and method of manufacturing the wiring member" was invented by Yoshiaki Tanaka (Mie, Japan), Masaki Mizushita (Mie, Japan) and Tetsuya Nishimura (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring member includes: a base member having a holding surface; and at least one wire-like transmission member held on the holding surface, wherein at least one missing wire-like transmission member identification mark indicating at least one missing wire-like transmission member position is provided on the holding surface."
The patent was filed on M...