ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,762, issued on May 13, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Wire harness" was invented by Takuya Murata (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Yuji Nishi (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness including an electric wire; a cover that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire; and a clamp for fixing the electric wire to a vehicle body, wherein: a surface of the cover that is provided on a side opposite to the electric wire includes an uneven surface with a plurality of irregularities, and the clamp includes: an elastic member that is made of an elastic body and is brought into contact...