ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,580, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AFC Cable Systems Inc. (New Bedford, Mass.).
"Low-profile cable armor" was invented by Peter Lafreniere (Mattapoisett, Mass.), Stephen Lundgren (Marion, Mass.), Paulo Damoura (Dorchester, Mass.), Ronald Pegg (New Bedford, Mass.), Antonio Araujo (New Bedford, Mass.) and David Campbell (Bristol, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cable assembly including at least one conductor and a metal sheath disposed over the at least one conductor, the metal sheath including a continuous strip of metal having a plurality of revolutions. A first revolution of the plurality of revolutions may i...