ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,701, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Wire harness with exterior sheet and water repellant" was invented by Kazuaki Aoi (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness including: at least one electric wire; a connector provided at an end of the at least one electric wire; and an exterior sheet that surrounds an outer periphery of the at least one electric wire, wherein the exterior sheet is wrapped around the outer periphery of the at least one electric wire and includes a wat...