ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,403, issued on March 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Moe, Japan).

"Grommet" was invented by Yusuke Ando (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grommet (10) according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a grommet body (11) and a sound insulating wall (31). The grommet body (11) includes a first tubular portion (14) and a second tubular portion (21) configured to pass a wire harness (W) therethrough and a seal portion (12) configured to come into contact with a peripheral edge of an attachment hole (Pa). The grommet body (11) includes a first sound insulating space (S1) therein. The sound insulating...