ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,444, issued on March 18, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Wire harness" was invented by Naoto Kogure (Shizuoka, Japan), Kosuke Tomosada (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kyosuke Okuda (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness includes an electric wire, an exterior member, and a protector integrally holding an end portion of the exterior member and a portion of the electric wire led out from the end portion of the exterior member. The protector includes a protector main body having a routing space portion in which the electric wire and the exterior member are routed along an axial direction, a lid portion attached to the ...