ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,020, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to NEXANS (Courbevoie, France).
"Method for manufacturing a fire-resistant and/or fire-retardant cable" was invented by Sylvie Daveau (Irigny, France), Thierry Auvray (Lyons, France) and Franck Gyppaz (Lyons, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cable comprising at least one elongated electrically conducting element and at least one composite layer surrounding said elongated electrically conducting element, said composite layer being obtained from a roll of non-woven fibrous material impregnated with a geopolymer composition."
The paten...