ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,340, issued on June 16, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Wire harness" was invented by Hiroki Yamanouchi (Yokkaichi, Japan), Masataka Ohashi (Tokyo) and Kotaro Tagami (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness includes a tubular member, an electric wire member, a cover member, and a holder. The electric wire member includes electric wires connected to each other. The electric wires each have a core wire covered by an insulation sheath. The cover member covers a circumference of a connected part of the electric wires. The electric wire member is inserted throu...