ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,400, issued on May 20, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS Ltd. (Mie, Japan).
"Wire harness with first and second path restrictors and formed air layer" was invented by Katsutoshi Izawa (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kosuke Tanaka (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Ryuta Saito (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness that includes: an electrical wire; an exterior tube covering an outer periphery of the wire; a first path restrictor attached on an outer peripheral side of the exterior tube; and a second path restrictor attached on an outer peripheral side of the first path restrictor, wherein the smooth outer surface of the first ...