US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on Sept. 15 for "Cable connector strain-limiting release mechanism(s)" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,692, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Cable connector strain-limiting release mechanism(s)" was invented by Ryan Elsasser (Salt Point, N.Y.), Brianna Malcolm (Hyde Park, N.Y.), Celeste Erandi Arellano Mendoza (Morelia, Mexico), David Hulton (Staatsburg, N.Y.), Megan Heller (Houston), Jelani Owens (Pleasant Valley, N.Y.), Katjah Polycarpe (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and Alexander Ralston (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A release mechanism is provided to connect to a cable connector, with the cable connector being latchable to a connector receptacle. The release mec...