ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,944, issued on June 3, was assigned to Northern Cables Inc. (Brockville, Canada).

"Armored cable assembly with grounding path component equipped armor" was invented by Shelley Bacon (Brockville, Canada), Todd Stafford (Brockville, Canada) and Donald Harris (Brockville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armored cable assembly with grounding path component equipped armor and a method of producing the same is provided. The armored cable includes an SZ cabled core having a binder tape wrapped conductor bundle that includes a first ground conductor. A second ground conductor is positioned outside the binder tape such that it is alig...