ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,153, issued on July 21.

"Cable strain relief apparatus and associated cable assembly" was invented by Cesar Eduardo Nunez (Miramar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable strain relief apparatus for a cable attached to a connector includes at least one multi-section member. The member includes a first section configured to partially surround a portion of the connector and a second section aligned with the first section along a central longitudinal axis and configured to partially surround a portion of the cable. Where the apparatus includes two members, each member may include similar first and second sections, but one member ma...