ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,143, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan).
"Wiring member" was invented by Hironobu Yamamoto (Yokkaichi, Japan), Kyungwoo Kim (Yokkaichi, Japan), Toshinari Kobayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Yukitoshi Terasaka (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technology capable of reducing the number of tubular protective members in a wiring member is provided. The wiring member includes: multiple electric wires that branch into multiple branch lines from a main line at a branch position; a connection component provided at an end portion of a target branch line among the branch lines; and a r...