US Patent Issued to BRIDON INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 23 for "Wire rope and an assembly comprising such wire rope" (Australian, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,658, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BRIDON INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Doncaster, Great Britain).

"Wire rope and an assembly comprising such wire rope" was invented by Andrew Morgan (Mayfield East, Australia), Hong Hui Sng (Mayfield East, Australia) and Hendrik Rommel (Sint Michiels, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire rope for face shovels or draglines, comprising: a core, said core is made from a plurality of core strands a plurality of outer strands laid on said core, a plurality of separator strands located in the interstices between said core strands and said outer strands, a plastic jacket around said plurality of outer...