ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,401, issued on May 13, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).

"Metal-clad multi-circuit electrical cable assembly" was invented by William T. Bigbee Jr. (Hawkins, Texas), Micah W. Latimer (Leonard, Texas), John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, Texas), Andrew P. Hull (McKinney, Texas), Troy D. Skidmore (McKinney, Texas), Paul Abernathy (McKinney, Texas) and David W. Maxey (Gunter, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical cable assembly comprising a first electrical circuit comprising at least two insulated conductors, a second electrical circuit, and a conductive metallic armor encasing the first and second electrical ci...