US Patent Issued to Encore Wire on March 17 for "Jacket marking and scoring system and method" (New Mexico, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,101, issued on March 17, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).

"Jacket marking and scoring system and method" was invented by Ryan J. Maxwell (McKinney, Texas) and Kevin D. Rodgers (Roswell, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for marking and scoring an insulated wire or cable is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing enclosing a portion of a wire path, wherein the insulated wire or cable moves along the wire path through the housing; an upper splined gear rod and a lower splined gear rod within the housing; an actuator connected to the upper splined gear rod, wherein the actuator raises and lowers t...