ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,509, issued on June 24, was assigned to FUJIKURA LTD. (Tokyo).

"Cable and cable reinforcement sheet" was invented by Akira Namazue (Sakura, Japan), Tomoaki Kaji (Sakura, Japan) and Ken Osato (Sakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable that protects an object includes a sheath and a cylindrical reinforcement member disposed inside the sheath and that surrounds the object. The cylindrical reinforcement member has a first side edge and a second side edge that extend in a longitudinal direction. The cylindrical reinforcement member is formed of a cable reinforcement sheet including a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet j...