ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,913, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Wire harness" was invented by Naoto Tsukimori (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Ryo Fujioka (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness including: an electric wire; a pipe into which the electric wire is inserted; a holder that is fixed to a longitudinal end of the pipe and holds the electric wire; and a heat-shrinkable tube that has heat-shrinkability and is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the electric wire, wherein the holder includes an engagement that engages with the heat-shrinkable tube to restrict movement of the electric wire ...