ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,767, issued on June 23, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Cylindrical integrated valve assembly" was invented by James Sareault (Walpole, Mass.), Jonathan W. Fairbanks (Coventry, R.I.), Jonathan D. Kalow (East Greenwich, R.I.) and Wai J. Ho (Providence, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic fastening tool that has an integrated valve assembly. The integrated valve assembly can have a cylindrical valve assembly housing that can house a portion of a head valve assembly and can also house at least a portion of a trigger valve assembly. The head valve assembly can have a head valve body that can be main...