ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,364, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Techtronic Power Tools Technology Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Cylinder assembly for gas spring fastener driver" was invented by Edward Pomeroy (Piedmont, S.C.), Zachary Scott (Easley, S.C.), John Schnell (Anderson, S.C.) and Essan Namouz (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a pressure vessel includes forming an outer cylinder including an annular wall, positioning an inner cylinder within the outer cylinder, and deforming the annular wall of the outer cylinder to engage a portion of the inner cylinder to retain the inner cylinder within the outer...