ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,856, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Electric driving tool" was invented by Yoshitaka Akiba (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool has a nose portion in which a driving channel is formed. A contact arm is movably provided at an end of the nose portion. The contact arm moves between an OFF position and an ON position. A driver strikes a driven member set in the driving channel. A shutter moves between a blocked position located on a travel path of the driver, and an open position retracted from the travel path to allow the driver to move. A connecting rod connects the contact arm and...