This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: International Business Machines Corporation. Active years: 2026.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2026
Title: Jelani Owens and His Cable Connector Safety Invention.
Introduction
Jelani Owens is an inventor based in Pleasant Valley, New York, and is associated with International Business Machines Corporation. His work includes a patent for a cable connector release mechanism designed to help limit stress on connector hardware.
Latest Patents
Owens is credited with 1 patent: “Cable Connector Strain-Limiting Release Mechanism(s).” The invention provides a pull release that couples to a cable connector’s latching mechanism, allowing the connector to be released from a receptacle. If the pull release experiences a predetermined excess-stress event, it is designed to break apart in operation, helping protect the cable connector from excessive stress.
Career Highlights
The patent reflects an engineering approach to connector safety: the release mechanism is designed to perform its intended function while providing a way to reduce the risk of damage under excessive force. Owens is associated with International Business Machines Corporation.
Collaborations
The provided information identifies Ryan Elsasser and Megan Heller as Owens’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or whether they collaborated on the invention.
Conclusion
Jelani Owens’s patented release mechanism combines cable-connector operation with a strain-limiting feature intended to help protect the connector during an excess-stress event.
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