ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,908, issued on May 6, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Powered fastener driver" was invented by Bryan C. Ward (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Jacob N. Zimmerman (Pewaukee, Wis.), Andrew J. Weber (Cudahy, Wis.), Marcus Wechselberger (Milwaukee) and Leonard F. Mikat-Stevens (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, and a driver blade attached to the piston and movable therewith between a top-dead-center (TDC) position and a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position. The driver blade including a body and a plurality of teeth extending t...