ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,085, issued on May 27, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Wire harness with fixing mechanism for electromagnetic wave absorbing member" was invented by Masashi Hayashi (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness including: a wire; a positioning member that is made of a synthetic resin and is provided on an outer circumference of the wire; a ring-shaped electromagnetic wave absorber that has a through hole through which the wire passes and is fixed to the positioning member; and a fixing member for fixing the positioning member to the wire, wherein: the positioning member includes a main bo...