ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,366, issued on June 10, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Composite wire harness" was invented by Ryuta Saito (Yokkaichi, Japan), Katsutoshi Izawa (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Kosuke Tanaka (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite wire harness includes: a first wire harness including a first electric wire and a first exterior tube that covers the first electric wire; a second wire harness including a second electric wire and a second exterior tube that covers the second electric wire and is arranged in parallel with the first exterior tube; and a fixing member configured to fix the first wire h...