ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,045, issued on June 16, was assigned to Pure Safety Group Inc. (Pasadena, Texas).

"Cable sleeve" was invented by Warren L. Faber (Bonney Lake, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable sleeve comprises a housing, a locking cam, and a locking pawl. The housing has an elongate member passage configured to slidably receive an elongate member and has a cavity. The locking cam and the locking pawl are pivotally connected to the housing within the cavity. The locking cam has a radial edge with a constant radius relative to a pivot connection between the locking cam and the housing and is configured to move from a first cam position to a...