ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,389, issued on March 4, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).
"Wiring member" was invented by Hironobu Yamamoto (Yokkaichi, Japan), Toshinari Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kyungwoo Kim (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Futa Asano (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring member includes: a linear transmission member that includes an electric wire; a connector housing; an outer armor member; and a cover member that is provided between the connector housing and the outer armor member in a lengthwise direction of the electric wire, and attached to an outer circumferential portion of the linear transmissio...