US 12,002,600 B1
Electrical cables with non-metallic jackets and methods of fabricating the same
David K. Smith, McKinney, TX (US); William T. Bigbee, Jr., Melissa, TX (US); Jose D. Garza, McKinney, TX (US); and Mark D. Bennett, Dodd City, TX (US)
Assigned to Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, TX (US)
Filed by Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/463,490.
Application 14/328,950 is a division of application No. 12/284,660, filed on Sep. 24, 2008, abandoned.
Application 17/463,490 is a continuation of application No. 15/897,883, filed on Feb. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,139,090.
Application 15/897,883 is a continuation of application No. 14/328,950, filed on Jul. 11, 2014, granted, now 9,922,756, issued on Mar. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/002,102, filed on Nov. 6, 2007.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01B 13/14 (2006.01); H01B 7/08 (2006.01); B29C 48/156 (2019.01)
CPC H01B 13/144 (2013.01) [B29C 48/156 (2019.02); H01B 7/0823 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of fabricating an NM-type electrical cable:
parallelizing at least three insulated conductors and a bare conductor;
wrapping the bare conductor with a filler;
wrapping the parallelized insulated conductors and the filler-wrapped bare conductor with filler to produce a filler-wrapped assembly; and
forming jacket around the filler-wrapped assembly to produce a generally elongated horizontal cross-section with the at least three insulated conductors and the filler-wrapped bare conductor.