ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,536, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc..
"Blind rivet setting tool" was invented by Luca Bardare (Idstein, Germany), Tobias Heep (Idstein, Germany), Kevin Bhikadiya (Idstein, Germany), Yasar Akbaba (Idstein, Germany), Philipp Libera (Taunusstein Wehen, Germany) and Benjamin Schmidt (Idstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blind rivet setting tool including a clamping assembly for releasably clamping a nosepiece in place such that a blind rivet can bear against the nosepiece while the mandrel thereof is pulled; and a method of changing nosepieces using the clamping assembly."
The patent was filed on Jan. 1...