ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,124, issued on April 15, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Fastener driving tool trigger assembly" was invented by Daryl S. Meredith (York, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical timer mechanism can include a driven gear mounted to a rotary damper and a drive gear operably coupled to the driven gear. In bump mode, movement of an auxiliary trigger to its actuating position can initially move the drive gear from a home position into its wind-up position. Thereafter, a contact trip can continue to move the drive gear to its wind-up position and an actuator of a principal trigger to its actuating position...