ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,238, issued on July 28, was assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH (Bensheim, Germany) and TE Connectivity India Private Ltd. (Bangalore, India).

"Cable protection cover for increasing pull-out resistance" was invented by Thorsten Krah (Speyer, Germany), Hamdi Karabiyik (Speyer, Germany), Kiranpal Singh (Bangalore, India), Udo Langjahr (Speyer, Germany), Jens Keller (Speyer, Germany), Florian Eichinger (Speyer, Germany), Mohammed Hanie El Moussati (Bensheim, Germany) and Dimitrios Farkatsis (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable protection cover includes a housing attachment section securing the cable protection ...