ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,155, issued on July 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Penta-port-cage system" was invented by Padmanabhan Narayanan (Chennai, India) and Shree Rathinasamy (Georgetown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A penta-port-cage system includes a first port cage. A pair of second port cages on the penta-port-cage system are each connected to the first port cage opposite the first port cage from each other, are each oriented such that they are rotated about their longitudinal axis relative to the first port cage, and are inverted relative to each other. A pair of third port cages on the penta-port-cage system are ea...