ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,655, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Cable retainer and method" was invented by Jun Roz Ruayana (Novi, Mich.), Muhammad Ashrafi (Woodhaven, Mich.), Vinodh Krishnan Balasubramanian (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Clint Rey Guevarra (Southfield, Mich.), John Montgomery (Canton, Mich.), William Bond (Livonia, Mich.) and Erwin Baga-an (Cebu, Philippines).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable retainer for connecting a flat cable, a first object, and/or a second object to one another may include a base, a retention member, and a channel. The base may include a platform, a fastener extending from the platform,...