US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Aug. 12 for "Pipe clamp, pipe clamp driver and anti-backdrive mechanism" (Maryland, Colorado, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,531, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Pipe clamp, pipe clamp driver and anti-backdrive mechanism" was invented by Mike Schmittdiel (Baltimore), Patel Sandip (Rosedale, Md.), Dylan Parker (Towson, Md.), Michael Justis (Monument, Colo.), Dustin L. Demarr (Nottingham, Md.) and Kathleen Miller (New Britain, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool including a housing and a motor housed in the housing. There is a spring engine housed in the housing and a driver blade driven by the spring engine. Additionally, the power tool holds a pipe clamp configured to be driven into a workpiece by...