ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,889, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electric wire holder" was invented by Kouki Iwakura (Makinohara, Japan) and Toshikazu Yoshioka (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric wire holder is configured to be attached to the end portion of a tubular-shaped connector housing through which a plurality of electric wires are inserted to support the plurality of electric wires and includes a first insertion portion in a C shape including two member including a plurality of tubular-shaped electric wire insertion portions through which the plurality of electric wires is inserted and capable of sand...