ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,365, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. (Cincinnati).
"Microfastener driving tool with gas spring" was invented by Thomas A. McCardle (Fairfield, Ohio) and Christopher D. Klein (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drives staples, nails, pins, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting po...