ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,401, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Koki Holdings Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Working machine" was invented by Daiki Kiyohara (Ibaraki, Japan), Tetsuhito Shige (Ibaraki, Japan) and Hiroaki Irei (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Workability and endurance of a working machine is improved with a simple configuration. A working machine includes: an ejecting portion 7; a striking portion 30 striking a fastener; and a magazine 20 feeding the fastener to the ejecting portion 7. The magazine 20 includes: a plate-shaped base member 20a extending in a front and back direction B1 and configured to catch the fastener to be movable in the...