ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,072, issued on July 22, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Powered fastener driver" was invented by Coby A. Nettleton (Milwaukee), Alex D. Servais (Slinger, Wis.), Connor D. Sreenan (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Jason M. Julius (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered fastener driver including a housing, an inner frame positioned within the housing, and a workpiece contact assembly coupled to the housing and movable from an extended position to a retracted position in response to contact with a workpiece. The workpiece contact assembly includes a biasing element that biases the workpiece contac...