ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,800, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan) and SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Wire harness for sliding door" was invented by Yoshihiko Mine (Nagoya, Japan), Mitsuhiro Katoh (Miyoshi, Japan), Hiroki Tsutsumi (Chiryu, Japan), Hiroki Uno (Yokkaichi, Japan), Go Ueno (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Kazuya Takahashi (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness is arranged between a vehicle body and a sliding door in a vehicle, in which: a protector is mounted on a bent region of the wire harness having a shape in which a middle of the wire harness in a longitudinal direction is bent ...