ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,373, issued on Nov. 4, 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 plurality of electrical wires, a connector, and a waterproof member. The waterproof member is formed by bending the sheet material to cover a region including a front surface, an upper surface, and a side surface continuously formed in the connector housing. The sheet material which has not been bended is connected in a part corresponding to two edge porti...