ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,374, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).

"Metal-clad multi-circuit electrical cable assembly" was invented by Troy D. Skidmore (McKinney, Texas), Paul Abernathy (McKinney, Texas), David W. Maxey (Gunter, Texas) and William T. Bigbee Jr. (Hawkins, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical cable assembly, comprising a first electrical circuit further comprising a first plurality of insulated conductors longitudinally disposed to one another, wherein the first plurality of insulated conductors are cabled together in a bundle. The electrical cable assembly further comprises a second electrical...