ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,578, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Wiring member" was invented by Kenta Arai (Mie, Japan), Kazuhiro Nishimura (Mie, Japan), Issei Kano (Mie, Japan) and Haruka Nakano (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring member includes: a wiring body including a plurality of wire-like transmission members, a first sheet to which the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed, and a second sheet to which at least some of the plurality of wire-like transmission members are fixed; and a connector provided to end portions of the plurality of wire-like transmission members. The sec...