ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,660, issued on July 29, was assigned to Koki Holdings Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Driving tool" was invented by Tetsuhito Shige (Ibaraki, Japan) and Daiki Kiyohara (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool capable of suppressing the increase in the number of components is provided. The driving tool includes an ejection unit 23 to which a fastener is supplied and a striking unit capable of moving with respect to the ejection unit 23 so as to drive the fastener supplied to the ejection unit 23 into a workpiece, and the driving tool further includes a first push lever 74 capable of contacting with and separating from the work...