ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,173, issued on July 1, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sheath assembly and wire harness" was invented by Kosuke Tomosada (Shizuoka, Japan) and Akira Tsubaki (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath assembly applied to a wire harness includes: a protector that includes a base member to which a wiring material is inserted, and a cover member; and a movable sheathing material which is attached to the base member in a movable manner and to which the end part of the wiring material housed in a housing space part can be inserted. The cover member includes a positioning part that is formed to protrude toward the housin...