US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Nov. 4 for "Fastener driving device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,097, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Fastener driving device" was invented by Olivier Baudrand (Valence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener driving device comprising a combustion chamber, a piston and a fastener channel. The piston is coupled to the combustion chamber and slidable within a sleeve such that combustion gas expansion causes the piston to slide from a first position to a second position. The fastener channel is configured to receive a fastener, wherein when moving from the first to the second position, the piston is configured to engage the fastener. In one embod...