US Patent Issued to Koki Holdings on April 7 for "Driving tool with rotating member to move striking unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,655, issued on April 7, was assigned to Koki Holdings Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Driving tool with rotating member to move striking unit" was invented by Takashi Ueda (Ibaraki, Japan), Koji Shioya (Ibaraki, Japan), Sotaro Aizawa (Ibaraki, Japan) and Toshinori Yasutomi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool includes: a striking unit striking a fastener by being actuated in a first direction; a rack on the striking unit; a wheel; and a second transmission portion on the wheel and capable of being engaged with and released from the rack. The striking unit can be actuated in a second direction when the second transmission ...