ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,964, issued on March 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Grommet and inlet assembly" was invented by Takuya Murata (Mie, Japan), Takao Suga (Mie, Japan) and Yoshimi Uchida (Mie, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide technology that can reduce the thickness of an inlet assembly. A grommet includes a main body portion that covers an inlet installed in a vehicle and a wiring member extending from the inlet. The main body portion includes a connection port through which a connecting portion of the inlet to be connected to an external charging connector is inserted and an outlet port thr...