US Patent Issued to CABLE COATINGS on March 3 for "Composition for coating an overhead conductor" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,598, issued on March 3, was assigned to CABLE COATINGS Ltd. (Leeds, Great Britain).

"Composition for coating an overhead conductor" was invented by Niall Coogan (Armely, Great Britain) and Rachel Parker (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for coating an overhead conductor is disclosed comprising: (i) a reflective agent; (ii) a photocatalytic agent comprising less than=70 wt % anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) having an average particle size ("aps")less than equal to100 nm; (iii) a polyorganosiloxane binder; and (iv) a superhydrophobic agent comprising either: surface functionalised silica nanoparticles, a...