US Patent Issued to YAZAKI on Dec. 9 for "Retaining member and wire harness" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,827, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Retaining member and wire harness" was invented by Shunya Sugimoto (Makinohara, Japan), Hiroshi Yamashita (Makinohara, Japan) and Shinji Kato (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining member includes a first member and a second member. The first and second member have an engagement structure, thereby forming a retaining structure and an opening through which an electric wire is drawn out. The retaining structure sandwiches and retains a tip end of an exterior member by a groove provided in the first and second members. The first and second members have a...