US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Dec. 2 for "Rotational cable connector and disconnector tool" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,264, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Rotational cable connector and disconnector tool" was invented by Joseph Scaglione (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Paul Samaniego (Port Ewen, N.Y.), Oswald J. Mantilla (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Daniel Ruiz (Cold Spring, N.Y.), Mateusz Koziol (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Michael T. Peets (Staatsburg, N.Y.), Kyle Olson (Lagrangeville, N.Y.), Timothy Gordon (Saugerties, N.Y.) and Brianna Malcolm (Hyde Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool to facilitate attachment and detachment of cable connectors. The tool includes a backstop plate for engaging a cab...