ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,234, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).

"Metal-clad multi-circuit electrical cable assembly" was invented by William T. Bigbee Jr. (Hawkins, Texas), Micah W. Latimer (Leonard, Texas), John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, Texas), Andrew P. Hull (McKinney, Texas), Troy D. Skidmore (McKinney, Texas), Paul Abernathy (McKinney, Texas), David W. Maxey (Gunter, Texas) and Daniel T. McCaulley (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical cable assembly including a first electrical circuit including an insulated conductor, a second electrical circuit, a third electrical circuit, and a conductive metallic arm...