IP Library Granted Patent US 11,264,784
Granted Patent B2
US 11,264,784 · App. 16/780,096 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Conductor identification

Inventors: Willie Franklin Fowler, Jr. (Roopville, GA); Jeremy Harris (Villa Rica, GA); Richard Mike Temblador (Carrollton, GA); Juan Alberto Galindo Gonzalez (Powder Springs, GA)
Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
H02G1/08H02G2200/20
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Patent No.
US 11,264,784
App. No.
16/780,096
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Conductor identification may be provided. A first sleeve may be placed around a first conductor and a second sleeve around a second conductor. Next, a first tag may be placed on the first conductor and a second tag on the second conductor. Then, the first conductor and the second conductor may be pulled together through a conduit. The first conductor may slideably move through the first sleeve and the second conductor may slideably move through the second sleeve as the first conductor and the second conductor are pulled together through the conduit.

Claims (11)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a first sleeve around a first conductor, the first sleeve comprising a first sleeve indicia, the first conductor having a first tag attached to a first end of the first conductor, the first tag comprising a first tag indicia corresponding to the first sleeve indicia, the first conductor being slideably moveable through the first sleeve; and

a second sleeve around a second conductor, the second sleeve comprising a second sleeve indicia, the second conductor having a second tag attached to a first end of the second conductor, the second tag comprising a second tag indicia corresponding to the second sleeve indicia, the second conductor being slideably moveable through the second sleeve, the first sleeve indicia not corresponding to the second tag indicia and the second sleeve indicia not corresponding to the first tag indicia, the first conductor and the second conductor being paired together for pulling through a conduit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are undistinguishable from one another.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first conductor and the second conductor comprise the same color and the same size.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a harness placed around the first conductor and the second conductor between the conduit and the first sleeve and second sleeve.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a multiple conductor container assembly from which the first conductor and second conductor are pulled.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising a harness placed around the first conductor and the second conductor between the multiple conductor container assembly and the first sleeve and second sleeve.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising a container tap wire guide mounted on the multiple conductor container assembly, wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are pulled through the container tap wire guide.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third tag attached to a second end of the first conductor, the third tag comprising a third tag indicia corresponding to the first sleeve indicia.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth tag attached to a second end of the second conductor, the fourth tag comprising a fourth tag indicia corresponding to the second sleeve indicia.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2021
From: FOWLER, WILLIE FRANKLIN, JR.; HARRIS, JEREMY; TEMBLADOR, RICHARD MIKE; GONZALEZ, JUAN ALBERTO GALINDO
To: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 057941/0416 →
AMENDMENT TO GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2021
From: COLEMAN CABLE, LLC; SUMNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC; SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057552/0299 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15254051 · Sep 1, 2016
Provisional Application 62212624 · Sep 1, 2015
Related Publication 20200176959A1 · Jun 4, 2020
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