ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,194, issued on July 21, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Raceway assembly for cables" was invented by Nicholas M. Questad (Shoreline, Wash.), Russell W. Keck (Seattle), Derrick Brian Pruitt (Bothell, Wash.), James A. Fullerton (Bothell, Wash.), Nathaniel Verboort (Kirkland, Wash.), Justin T. Leach (Seattle), Jayson Patrick Paz De Jesus (Sammamish, Wash.) and Matthew Halsan (Spokane, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A raceway is provided for containing a cable of an aircraft. The raceway includes an elongate base extending a length between end portions and extending a width between sides. The base is configure...