ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,072, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Routing structure" was invented by Kosuke Tomosada (Makinohara, Japan) and Naoto Kogure (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 rail, a second fixing part fixed to a slide body, a tubular exterior member, a biasing member inserted through the exterior member and having a curved portion curved in a vehicle front-rear direction at a position between a first end portion and a second end portion of the exterior member, and a support structure supporting the biasing member. The support structure includes at ...