ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,539, issued on April 7, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Grommet" was invented by Yusuke Ando (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direction in which a wire harness (W) passes inside a grommet (10) according to one aspect of the present disclosure is defined as an insertion direction (D). The grommet (10) includes: a first member (11) that includes a seal portion (36) configured to come into contact with a vehicle body panel (P); a second member (12) that is attached to one side of the first member (11) in the insertion direction (D), and includes a second tubular portion (43) into which the wire ha...