ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,253, issued on July 28, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Shielded electrically conductive path" was invented by Yusuke Kojima (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuaki Hamada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shielded electrically conductive path is provided with a shielded cable including a core wire, a braided wire, a sheath and a folded portion covering an outer surface of the sheath and formed by folding a front end part of the braided wire rearward, a sleeve swaged to the outer surface of the sheath between ...