ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,085, issued on March 24, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Driving tool" was invented by Kiyonobu Yoshikane (Anjo, Japan) and Toshiya Murakami (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving tool includes a driver, and a piston connected to the driver. The piston and the driver are housed within a cylinder such that the piston slidably moves within the cylinder by gas active pressure. The cylinder is positioned in an adjoining arear of an axis line of the piston. The cylinder is made of iron. Accordingly, a weight in the adjoining arear of the axis line of the piston is more than a cylinder made of aluminum or resin...