ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,087, issued on March 24, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Driving tool" was invented by Kiyonobu Yoshikane (Anjo, Japan) and Makito Teramoto (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool includes a head-guide surface and a pair of leg-guide grooves, both are formed in a driving passage extending in a driving direction. The head-guide surface slidably guides a head of a U-shaped driving member. Each of the pair of leg-guide grooves is recessed from the head-guide surface toward a side of a first end surface of a tool main body. Legs of the driving member enter the leg-guide grooves. The driving member is driv...