US Patent Issued to BLACK & DECKER on Sept. 22 for "Fastener device with a sensor for workpiece detection" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,360, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC. (New Britain, Conn.).

"Fastener device with a sensor for workpiece detection" was invented by Stuart Garber (Towson, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener device that drives a fastener from a plurality of fasteners into a workpiece is provided. The fastener device comprises a housing, a nose assembly, a magazine, a driver, a motor assembly, a trigger switch, a sensor, and a controller. The motor assembly is configured to transmit power to a driver to thereby cause the driver to translate along the drive axis. The trigger switch is configured to be actuated in respo...