ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,906, issued on May 6, was assigned to Apach Industrial Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Empty-firing prevention safety device for a nail gun" was invented by Chun-Ming Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An empty-firing prevention safety device for a nail gun includes: a gun body including an actuating space and a nail groove; a trigger, capable of being pressed, located in the actuating space; and a connecting rod pivoted to the gun body and capable of being moved between an actuating position and a locking position, and including: a sensing portion located in or away from the nail groove, and a limit portion located...