ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,418, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to PROTERIAL LTD. (Tokyo).

"Composite cable" was invented by Atsuro Yaguchi (Tokyo), Detian Huang (Tokyo), Takanobu Watanabe (Tokyo), Kotaro Tanaka (Tokyo) and Kimika Kudo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite cable is provided with a coaxial wire and an insulated wire. The coaxial wire includes a center conductor, a first insulation covering the center conductor, and plural outer conductors arranged on an outer periphery of the first insulation, and a jacket covering the plural outer conductors. The insulated wire includes a stranded conductor including plural strands twisted together...