ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,970, issued on March 25, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Communication cable" was invented by Yuta Yasuyoshi (Mie, Japan) and Tatsuya Shimada (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication cable 1 is provided with a conductor 2, an insulation layer 3 containing an organic polymer and covering an outer periphery of the conductor 2, a metal foil 5 for covering an outer periphery of the insulation layer 3, and a magnetic sheath layer 7 containing an organic polymer and a powdered magnetic material an...