ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,660, issued on June 10, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Grommet" was invented by Ryo Oota (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takashi Suzuki (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the grommet, it is assumed that a point at a leading end position of the extension portion is a point A, and a point at a position furthest from the point A as seen in the insertion direction in a leading end region of the fitting portion in the insertion direction is a point B. It is assumed that a width of the through hole in a cross section that is parallel with the insertion direction and passes through the point A and the point B w...