ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,069, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Routing structure" was invented by Kosuke Tomosada (Makinohara, Japan) and Eri Ueda (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A routing structure includes: a first fixing part fixed to a vehicle body; a second fixing part fixed to a slide body that moves along a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to an opening portion provided in a roof; an exterior member having a first end portion and a second end portion; an electric wire inserted through the exterior member; and a plate-like biasing member inserted through the exterior member and forming a curved portio...