ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,104, issued on June 23, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Wiring member" was invented by Takahiro Suzuki (Mie, Japan) and Nobutaka Hamanishi (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring member includes a plurality of wires and a holding member for holding the plurality of wires. The plurality of wires include a power line and a communication line that extend in the same direction. The holding member includes a plurality of wire holding portions that each can hold a wire at a fixed position. The power line...