ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,961, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TS Conductor Corp. (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Earth wire including composite core and encapsulation layer and method of use thereof" was invented by Jianzhong Jason Huang (San Clemente, Calif.), Craig L. Adams (Blue Bell, Pa.) and Rulong Chen (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes providing an earth wire including a core formed of a composite material, and an encapsulation layer disposed around the core. The encapsulation layer includes a conducive material and may be optionally pretensioned. The earth wire is hung between a first pole and a second pole. A susp...