ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,858, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DE POAN PNEUMATIC CORP. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Swinging brake of electric nail gun" was invented by Zhen-Liang Liao (New Taipei, Taiwan), Hai-Lun Ma (New Taipei, Taiwan), Shun-Yao Yang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Ying-Chieh Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a swinging brake of electric nail gun for restraining a striker to return to a standard position after shooting the nail. The swinging brake is elastically pivoted on a swing seat of a gun frame, and is extended to form a braking end. The braking end can butt a stopping part on the gun frame when a p...