ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,613, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Driving tool" was invented by Kousuke Moriwaki (Tokyo), Yoshihiko Kondou (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Takahashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a driving tool for driving a fastener to a fastening target object including: a contact arm capable of moving in a first direction by being brought into contact with and pressed against the fastening target object; a driving portion configured to start a driving operation of the fastener on condition that the contact arm moves by a predetermined amount in the first direction; and a restricting portion configured to r...