ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,538, issued on April 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Injected internal strain relief for electrical cables" was invented by Ronald G. Powers (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Robert V. Weber (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a dispensed or injected structural reinforcement or hardening element, such as an injected internal strain relief, as incorporated into electrical cables. An electrical cable includes a cable portion comprising one or more electrical conductors that are positioned within an internal volume of the cable portion. Additionally, an electrical connector comp...