ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,159, issued on March 3, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Wire harness wiring structure, link type slide door, and wire 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 wire harness wiring structure includes at least a main link arm and a wire. The main link arm has one end rotatably connected to the vehicle body and a different end rotatably connected to the door main body, and slidably supports the door main body with respect to the vehicle body while relatively rotating with respect to the vehicle body and the door main bod...