ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,924, issued on March 3, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Fastener driving tool" was invented by Hanxin Zhao (Northbrook, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener driving tool including a housing and a workpiece contact element movably connected to the housing, where the workpiece contact element is movable between a rest position and an activated position. A trigger assembly including a bottom assembly and a top assembly is movably connected to the housing. The tool includes an actuation lever movably connected to the bottom assembly of the trigger assembly and movable between a rest position and an e...