ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,624, issued on July 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"High-voltage cable protection structure" was invented by Takenori Nakamura (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The high-voltage cable protection structure of the present disclosure is a high-voltage cable protection structure that protects a high-voltage cable extending from an electrical device mounted in a front compartment of a vehicle to the rear of the vehicle. Also, in the front compartment, rear parts are arranged behind the electrical device in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a first protection member that covers the high-voltage cable, ...