ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,093, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Driving tool" was invented by Kiyonobu Yoshikane (Anjo, Japan), Shun Kuriki (Anjo, Japan) and Makito Teramoto (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool includes a driver moving along a driving passage and a lift mechanism for moving the driver. The driving tool includes a pusher and an idling strike prevention mechanism interlocking with a position of the pusher. The pusher pushes a driving member from a side opposite to a first end surface of a tool main body such that the driving member contacts a tip end of the driver at a standby position. When th...