US Patent Issued to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL on June 24 for "Pusher mechanism for powered fastener driver" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,450, issued on June 24, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Pusher mechanism for powered fastener driver" was invented by Travis W. Leathrum (Milwaukee) and Troy C. Thorson (Cedarburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered fastener driver includes a housing, a nosepiece coupled to the housing, a driver blade movable within the nosepiece between a ready position and a driven position, a canister magazine coupled to the nosepiece and including collated fasteners arranged in a coil, and a pusher mechanism coupled to the nosepiece for individually transferring collated fasteners from the canister ma...