ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,065, issued on March 24, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Fastening tool" was invented by Michio Yamashita (Tokyo), Yusuke Osawa (Tokyo) and Kazuya Takeuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening tool includes: a screw accommodating unit configured to accommodate therein a screw; and a screw feeding unit configured to feed the screw accommodated in the screw accommodating unit to an ejection passage through which a driver bit is to pass. The screw feeding unit includes: a screw feeding motor, an engaging part configured to engage with the screw, and a screw feeding transmission part configured to transmit a drive fo...