US Patent Issued to Superior Essex International on March 17 for "Hybrid cable with coaxial conductors formed around a buffer layer" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,098, issued on March 17, was assigned to Superior Essex International Inc. (Atlanta).

"Hybrid cable with coaxial conductors formed around a buffer layer" was invented by Christopher W. McNutt (Woodstock, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid cable may include at least one optical fiber disposed within a buffer layer, and two conductors concentrically formed around the buffer layer. An inner conductor having a first direct current resistance may be formed around the buffer layer. An outer conductor may then be coaxially arranged around the inner conductor, and the outer conductor may have a second direct current resistance equa...