ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,021, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Southwire Co. LLC.
"System and method of printing indicia onto armored cable" was invented by John Moore (Newnan, Ga.), Roy O. Jackson (Carrollton, Ga.), David B. McCardel (Marietta, Ga.) and James Phillip Tuggle (Carrollton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method according to the teachings of the present disclosure may include disposing a sheath around a conductor assembly, with an outer surface of the sheath defining spaced apart crowns and valleys. An outlet of at least one ink jet print head may be positioned adjacent the sheath at an angle of 60 degrees to 120 degrees with respect to a ...