ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,793, issued on July 8, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Fastening tool" was invented by Yusuke Osawa (Tokyo) and Kazuya Takeuchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening tool includes: a bit holding portion which detachably holds a driver bit and is configured to rotate in a circumferential direction of the driver bit and move in an axial direction of the driver bit; a motor configured to perform at least one of rotation of the bit holding portion and movement of the bit holding portion along the axial direction; and a control unit configured to control a position of the bit holding portion along the axial direction by ...