ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,355, issued on May 5, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Wire harness" was invented by Naoto Kogure (Shizuoka, Japan), Hikaru Sano (Shizuoka, Japan) and Takeshi Onoda (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harness body includes a first routed portion routed to an other end portion of a first arm member on a first coupling target side, a second routed portion routed on the first coupling target side with respect to the first routed portion, and a third routed portion guided toward a fixed portion on a second coupling target side by a harness guide tool at the other end portion of the first arm member and having a fixing p...