ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,452, issued on May 20, was assigned to AFL Telecommunications LLC (Duncan, S.C.).

"Systems and methods of managing cables in telecommunication systems" was invented by Mark Vogel (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cable managers are provided. A cable manager includes a body configured to be selectively engaged with a loose end of a first cable, wherein the body defines an effective unbiased length, as measured in an unbiased state, and an effective biased length, as measured in a biased state, and wherein the effective biased length is greater than the effective unbiased length."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2023, ...