ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,427, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AMD Design LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Guide to installation, operation and latching of power cables" was invented by Nathan William Staff (Secaucus, N.J.), Michael Dennis Marcade (Secaucus, N.J.), Kerry Hong (Secaucus, N.J.) and Ellie Elsu (Secaucus, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and guide are provided that facilitate the installation and removal of cabling in hard-to-reach locations using a holder to maintain the relative locations of a cable and cable-side connectors and a handle that slides with respect to the holder. The handle may be used to move the cable and cable-side connect...