ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,376, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Juniper Networks Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Apparatus, system, and method for securing male and female connectors together without positive locks" was invented by Raveen Jagadeesan (Bangalore, India) and Senthil Kumar Ramaswamy Venkat (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed clamp for securing male and female connectors together may include a spine, at least one arm that extends from a side of the spine, and at least one additional arm that extends from an additional side of the spine. In this example, the arm and the additional arm may be configured to collectively secure t...