ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,207, issued on June 17, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Jaw assembly for a rivet setting tool" was invented by Tobias Heep (Idstein, Germany), Luca Bardare (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 jaw assembly for a rivet setting tool the jaw assembly including a plurality of jaws each jaw defining part of an interlocking mechanism and an oppositely located part of another interlocking mechanism wherein adjacent jaws interlock via engagement of t...