ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,361, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Connector fastener extension system" was invented by Maunish Shah (Austin, Texas), Bruce Anthony Holmes (Austin, Texas), Jonathan P. Sprague (West Boylston, Mass.) and Douglas Roy Kaiser (Pflugerville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector fastener extension system includes a cabling system having a cable. A cable connector is included on the cable. A connector fastener extension system is integrated on the cable connector. A fastener base on the connector fastener extension system includes the cable connector and is configured to rotate relativ...