ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,930, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TS Conductor Corp. (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Composite conductors including strength members having a conductive core" was invented by Jianzhong Jason Huang (San Clemente, Calif.) and Rulong Chen (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a strength member including a core formed of a composite material. A plurality of conductive elements are included in the composite material causing the core to be conductive. The strength member may optionally, also include an encapsulation layer disposed around the core. A conductor layer is disposed around the strength memb...