ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,001, issued on March 24, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Wiring module" was invented by Yuta Tome (Osaka, Japan) and Housei Mizuno (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring module includes a base member provided with a groove, a wiring member housed in the groove, and a cover member covering an opening part of the groove to suppress the wiring member coming out of the groove. The cover member includes a cover body covering the opening part of the groove, a first extension part extending from the c...