ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,987, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Wire harness" was invented by Naoto Kogure (Makinohara, Japan) and Kosuke Tomosada (Makinohara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness includes: an electric wire; a plate spring member; a sheath member; and a protector that integrally holds an end part of the sheath member and portions of the electric wire and the plate spring member led out from the end part of the sheath member. The protector includes: a protector main body having a routing space part where the electric wire, the plate spring member, and the sheath member are routed; and a lid part that clo...