ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,949, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Mie, Japan).
"Wiring member" was invented by Ryusuke Kudo (Mie, Japan), Tetsuya Nishimura (Mie, Japan), Masaki Mizushita (Mie, Japan), Haruka Nakano (Mie, Japan) and Kenta Arai (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring member includes: a main wire including a plurality of wire-like transmission members; a branch wire in which some of the wire-like transmission members are branched from the main wire; a fixing sheet having one main surface to which the main wire is fixed; and a cover sheet, at least a part of which is provided in a position overlapped with...