ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,311, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Power supply device for sliding door" was invented by Hiroshi Yamashita (Makinohara, Japan) and Tetsuo Yamada (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply device for a sliding door includes: a wire harness that draws a straddling portion into a door trim through a lower side of a vehicle below a lower end; a vehicle-body-side protector that draws out the straddling portion toward the sliding door; and a door-side protector that is a member configured to perform routing of the straddling portion toward an introduction portion positioned in a closing ope...