ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,177, issued on March 24, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).
"Wire harness" was invented by Ryo Fujioka (Yokkaichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness including: an electric wire; a conductive cylindrical tube through which the electric wire penetrates; a cylindrical electromagnetic shield that surrounds an outer circumference of the electric wire and is fixed to an end of the cylindrical tube; an annular fixing member that fixes the electromagnetic shield to the end of the cylindrical tube; and an oxidation suppression layer that seals a fixed portion of the cylindrical tube and the electroma...