IP Library Granted Patent US 8,344,254
Granted Patent B2
US 8,344,254 · App. 12/897,186 · Granted Jan 1, 2013

Electrical cable with foraminous label

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Patent No.
US 8,344,254
App. No.
12/897,186
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical cable of the type that is of the type to have a connector member coupled thereto. The electrical cable includes a conductive outer sheath and a label disposed on the conductive outer sheath The label includes information about the cable and has at least one conductive region to facilitate electrical conductivity between the conductive outer sheath and the connector member.

Claims (25)

1. An electrical cable of the type that is of the type to have a connector member coupled thereto, comprising:

a conductive outer sheath;

a label disposed on the conductive outer sheath, the label having information about the cable and having at least one conductive region to facilitate electrical conductivity between the conductive outer sheath and the connector member.

2. The electrical cable of claim 1 , wherein the information about the cable is coded information.

3. The electrical cable of claim 1 , wherein the information on the label is indicative of a voltage rating of the cable.

4. The electrical cable of claim 1 , wherein the information on the label is indicative of a number of conductors within the sheath.

5. The electrical cable of claim 1 , wherein the information on the label is indicative of the size of the conductors within the sheath.

6. The electrical cable of claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive region comprises at least one opening.

7. The electrical cable of claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive region comprises a plurality of rows of spaced apart openings.

8. A label for identifying an electrical cable having a conductive outer sheath, the electrical cable of the type that is to have a connector member coupled thereto, comprising:

a sheet having information regarding the cable, the sheet having at least one conductive region such that when the label is coupled to the outer sheath, the conductive region is positioned to enable conductivity between the outer sheath and the connector member.

9. The label of claim 8 , wherein the conductive region comprises at least one opening.

10. The label of claim 8 , wherein the conductive region comprises a plurality of spaced apart openings.

11. The label of claim 8 , wherein the information on the sheet is indicative of a voltage rating of the cable.

12. The label of claim 8 , wherein the information on the sheet is indicative of a number of conductors within the sheath.

13. The label of claim 8 , wherein the information on the sheet is indicative of the size of the conductors within the sheath.

14. An electrical cable of the type that is of the type to have a connector member coupled thereto, comprising:

a conductive outer sheath;

a label wrapped at least partially around the conductive outer sheath, the label having information about the cable and having at least one opening positioned therein to maintain conductivity between the conductive outer sheath and the connector member.

15. The electrical cable of claim 14 , wherein the at least one opening comprises a plurality of rows of spaced apart openings.

16. The electrical cable of claim 15 , wherein the openings on adjacent ones of the plurality of rows are positioned in staggered relationship relative to the adjacent ones of the plurality of rows.

17. The electrical cable of claim 14 , wherein the at least one opening is circular.

18. The electrical cable of claim 14 , wherein the information on the label corresponds to the shape of the at least one opening.

19. The electrical cable of claim 14 , wherein the information on the label is coded information.

20. The electrical cable of claim 14 , wherein the information on the label is indicative of a number of conductors within the sheath.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2025
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, LLC; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC; SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; MADISON ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, LLC; NOVINIUM, LLC; NOVINIUM HOLDINGS, INC.; WATTEREDGE, LLC; TAPPAN WIRE & CABLE, LLC; UNITED COPPER INDUSTRIES, LLC; TOPAZ LIGHTING COMPANY LLC; OBI PARTNERS, LLC; WIIP, INC.
Reel/Frame 072299/0141 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENTS Recorded Oct 23, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, LLC (F/K/A COLEMAN CABLE, INC.); TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, LLC (F/K/A TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CORPORATION); SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; MADISON ELECTRIC PRODUCTS, LLC; NOVINIUM, LLC; WATTEREDGE, LLC; TAPPAN WIRE & CABLE, LLC; UNITED COPPER INDUSTRIES, LLC; TOPAZ LIGHTING COMPANY LLC; OBI PARTNERS, LLC; WIIP, INC.
Reel/Frame 069235/0104 →
CONVERSION Recorded Apr 16, 2014
From: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 032696/0773 →
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Feb 21, 2014
From: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, INC.; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032308/0469 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 12, 2014
From: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC; COLEMAN CABLE, INC.; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032251/0277 →