ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,653, issued on April 29, was assigned to PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS Co. (Mayfield Village, Ohio).

"Cable enclosure and assembly" was invented by Jacob Palmer (Chesterland, Ohio), Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk (Madison, Ohio), Cameron Clines (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), Adam Michael Deel (Bay Village, Ohio) and Dan Levac (Gahana, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable enclosure includes a housing defining an opening through which an interior of the housing is accessible. An end plate is releasably secured to the housing to cover the opening such that the interior of the housing is not accessible. The end plate includes a first conductive l...