ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,798, issued on July 8, was assigned to Techtronic Power Tools Technology Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).
"Nailers with jamming-alleviating mechanisms" was invented by Ying Xiang Tan (Dongguan, China), Hai Ling Lin (Dongguan, China), Xi He (Dongguan, China) and Jin Lin Zhou (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener tool includes a motor, a drive mechanism connected to the motor and adapted to drive a piston, and a cylinder filled with compressed gas. The piston is accommodated in the cylinder and suitable for a reciprocating motion within the cylinder. The drive mechanism includes a blade fixed to the piston, a...