ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,665, issued on March 4, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Wire harness" was invented by Takuji Iwama (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Yuji Tanaka (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness including: a first conductive path; a second conductive path that is different from the first conductive path; and an exterior cover that covers the first conductive path and the second conductive path, wherein: the first conductive path includes a conductive first tubular conductor that is tubular in shape, the second conductive path includes a conductive second tubular conductor that is tubular in shape, and a...