ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,491, issued on June 2, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Wire harness including holding member fixing electric wire" was invented by Naoto Kogure (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kyosuke Okuda (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire harness includes: an electric wire; a leaf spring member; an exterior member; and a protector integrally holding an end portion of the exterior member and a portion of the electric wire and the leaf spring member led out from the end portion of the exterior member. The protector includes a protector main body having a routing space portion in which the electric wire, the leaf spring member, and the ...