ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,422, issued on March 11, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Driving tool" was invented by Nobuyuki Hoshiyama (Anjo, Japan) and Masaya Nagao (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool has a configuration for preventing deviation of a driving posture of driving members from intended position during a use. The driving tool has a guide member supplied to a driving passage and a relief passage for an engagement portion of a driver to pass. The relief passage is therefore blocked by the guide member, stabilizing a driving posture of the driving member. The guide member is then pushed by a lowermost engagement por...