ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,402, issued on May 13, was assigned to Belden Inc. (St. Louis).
"Shield-supporting filler for data communications cables" was invented by Roy Kusuma (Carmel, Ind.) and William Thomas Clark (Richmond, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of design, manufacture and implementations of balanced twisted pair cables with a barrier tape or shield, with tuned attenuation, impedance, and coupling properties. A filler is included within the cable to separate the pairs and provide a support base for the shield, allowing for optimized ground plane uniformity and stability for tuned attenuation, impedance, and coupling properties. The fill...