ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,374, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Wire harness" was invented by Hiroki Yamanouchi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Takuji Iwama (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masataka Ohashi (Tokyo), Takeshi Oda (Tokyo) and Kotaro Tagami (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a wire harness that restricts rotation of a wire in a holder, a wire harness includes a tubular member, a wire member extending through the tubular member, and a tubular holder holding the wire member in the tubular member. The holder includes a first segment and a second segment, which are separated by ...