ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,208, issued on June 17, was assigned to NEWFREY LLC (New Britain, Conn.).
"Blind rivet fastening apparatus" was invented by Daisuke Mori (Toyohashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blind rivet fastening device including a dual function clutch device. The clutch releases at the rear end position RP of the pulling head and the clutch slips at the home position HP. The device includes a spindle clutch axially movable with respect to the spindle and integrally rotated, and a nut clutch integrally formed with the ball screw nut. The spindle clutch can move in the axial direction and can release from the nut clutch. The spindle clut...