ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,338, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Richards Mfg. Co. Sales LLC (Irvington, N.J.).

"Obstruction feature for ensuring proper connectivity in a cable assembly" was invented by Glenn J. Luzzi (Mt. Bethel, Pa.) and Jeffrey J. Madden (Bernardsville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elbow connector receives a cable assembly having a lug with a lug aperture. The elbow connector comprises a receiving cavity for the lug of the cable assembly and a fastener assembly. The fastener assembly has a connecting rod, a fastener tube, and a fastener. The fastener is configured for movement within the fastener tube. The connecting rod has a b...