ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,737, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Grommet assembly and wire harness" was invented by Yoshimichi Yamao (Toyota, Japan), Satoshi Yokoyama (Toyota, Japan) and Akihisa Unoh (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grommet assembly includes a grommet attached to a through hole formed on a panel, an inner member supported by the grommet, and a protector that is attached to the panel while covering the grommet and the inner member. The grommet includes a supporting part that supports the inner member. The supporting part includes a first extending part that extends from an outer side toward an inner side in...