ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,062, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Mounting device for securing and routing elongated articles" was invented by David R. Peterson (Aurora, Ohio), Joseph Sudik Jr. (Niles, Ohio) and David Siegfried (Warren, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting device configured to attach an elongated article to a substrate includes a base portion and an attachment portion extending from the base portion. The attachment portion is configured to be received within an opening in the substrate and has a plurality of branches extending therefrom. The mounting device also includes a cap por...