US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA, SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS on March 24 for "Grommet unit and waterproof structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,697, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Yokkaichi, Japan).

"Grommet unit and waterproof structure" was invented by Kentarou Furuya (Miyagi-ken, Japan), Tomohiko Endo (Toyota, Japan), Yusuke Tokuyama (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Takuya Murata (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grommet unit according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a first grommet, a second grommet, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The first bracket is attached to a body panel so as to cover an opening. The first bracket has a first through-hole through which the f...