ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,762, issued on April 7, was assigned to Preformed Line Products Co. (Cleveland).

"Cable retainer assemblies and cable enclosures" was invented by Kevin M. Opalach (Macedonia, Ohio) and Jacob Palmer (Chesterland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable retainer assembly includes a housing defining a plurality of recesses and a plurality of enclosures configured to be received by the plurality of the recesses. Each of the plurality of enclosures includes at least one retaining member having a body extending from a distal end to a proximal end, and a plurality of inner slots and a plurality of outer slots formed within the body. Eac...