ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,725, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo) and AISIN Corp. (Aichi, Japan).

"Wiring harness routing structure, link type sliding door, and wiring harness" was invented by Naoto Kogure (Shizuoka, Japan), Hikaru Sano (Shizuoka, Japan) and Seiichi Sumiya (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wiring harness routing structure includes at least a sub-link arm and a routed line. The sub-link arm includes one end that is rotatably coupled to a vehicle body by using a first coupler, and another end that is rotatably coupled to a door body by using a second coupler, and slidably supports the door body relative to th...