ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,018, issued on April 14, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Driving tool" was invented by Norikazu Baba (Anjo, Japan) and Masaya Nagao (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool includes an extension that extends from a rear guide of a nose above a driving direction and is coupled to a magazine body by a coupling screw. The tool further includes an elastic member that is arranged in between the rear guide and the magazine body and is below the coupling screw in a driving direction. The elastic member absorbs rattling of the magazine body and is integrally provided with an impact receiving portion to mitigat...