US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Sept. 9 for "Fastener removal tool" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,518, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Fastener removal tool" was invented by Chandler Berney (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered tool for removing mechanical fasteners from materials. The fastener removal tool includes: a fastener puller for engaging the head of a fastener; a stand-off mount for placing against a surface having a fastener therein; a rod joined to the fastener puller; and a power source operatively connected to the rod. The fastener removal tool may exert a pulling force on the head of a fast...