US Patent Issued to Black & Decker on Dec. 16 for "Flywheel driven fastening tool" (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,693, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Flywheel driven fastening tool" was invented by James D. Schroeder (Dallastown, Pa.), Qiang J. Zhang (Lutherville, Md.), Matthew Miller (New Britain, Conn.) and Daryl S. Meredith (York, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flywheel (34) can be mounted on a flywheel carriage (88) that can include a pair of axles (90). The flywheel carriage can be movable along two pairs of guide slots (42) of the tool frame between a disengaged position in which the flywheel is spaced from the fastener driver (26), and an engaged position in which the flywheel is engage...