ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,315, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Busbar cable adapter" was invented by James Utz (Georgetown, Texas), Corey Dean Hartman (Hutto, Texas) and Ben John Sy (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable adapter for a server chassis is disclosed. The cable adapter comprises an adapter body having a first surface with a key slot. The key slot is configured to receive a key rib on a busbar clip of the server chassis. A pair of latches are pivotably attached to opposite sides of the adapter body. Each latch has a latch arm that extends across an open end of the adapter body when in a close...