ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,626, issued on May 20, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo) and AISIN Corp. (Aichi, Japan).
"Wire harness having improved followability to a rotational motion of a link mechanism" was invented by Naoto Kogure (Shizuoka, Japan), Hikaru Sano (Shizuoka, Japan) and Seiichi Sumiya (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness includes a first protector disposed in a fixed first link, a second protector disposed in a second link relatively rotatable with respect to the first link, a flexible tubular exterior member, and an electric wire inserted through each of the first protector, the second protector, and the exterior membe...