ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,549, issued on July 15, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Undercarriage wiring module and routing structure of undercarriage wiring module" was invented by Takahiro Murata (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Naofumi Yamatake (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An undercarriage wiring module includes: a wiring member connecting a vehicle body side apparatus and a vehicle wheel side apparatus; and a support member supporting the wiring member so that the wiring member goes through a steering rotation central axis."

The patent was filed on July 9, 2021, under Application No. 18/014,041.

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