ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,346, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for a cable connector" was invented by Mark E. Davidsz (Oak Creek, Wis.), Michael S. Baran (Milwaukee), Shravan Rajmohan (Bengaluru, India), Douglas J. Carpiaux (Milwaukee) and Scott H. Micoley (Plymouth, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for receiving a ribbon cable is provided. The connector includes a housing including an open top and a guide wall including a track and a cable organizer configured to be positioned within an interior of the housing and the open top and to receive the ribbon ca...