US Patent Issued to Gage Bilt on April 22 for "Fastener installation system with split tool head and actuation base" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,418, issued on April 22, was assigned to Gage Bilt Inc. (Clinton Township, Mich.).

"Fastener installation system with split tool head and actuation base" was invented by Tony P. Potts (Warren, Mich.), Brian H. Leigh (Macomb, Mich.) and Kyle R. Lang (Clarkston, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener application device comprising an hydraulically-operated tool head held by an operator and having an actuator trigger, a base structure having an air-operated power cylinder operatively attached to an hydraulic cylinder to supply hydraulic pressure to the tool head in response to operation of the actuator trigger. The tool head and ...