ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,363, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KOKI HOLDINGS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Driver" was invented by Shinichiro Sato (Ibaraki, Japan), Takashi Ueda (Ibaraki, Japan), Yutaka Ito (Ibaraki, Japan), Jyun Enta (Ibaraki, Japan), Toshinori Yasutomi (Ibaraki, Japan), Yoshiichi Komazaki (Ibaraki, Japan) and Kenji Kobori (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver including: an ejection part to which a fastener is supplied; a driver blade which moves from a first position toward a second position and drives the fastener into a driven member; and a rack provided to the driver blade. The driver further includes: a rotary component engaging...